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Everything to do with Joseph Smith's polygamy hinges on William Clayton and his journals. Many people argue that Clayton's journals should be accepted without question -- but they haven't seen this.

Jeremy Hoop takes us through an extremely in depth look at everything we know about William Clayton's process of record keeping -- and editing. He clearly demonstrates how we can easily tell the difference between an original draft book and a finalized clean copy, and shows in no uncertain terms (through extensive visual evidence) which category Clayton's journals fall into.

This is a very long discussion, which some will find fascinating, and others will find overwhelming. For those who prefer the more condensed version, Jeremy will return in the near future to present a much shorter version of the same presentation and evidence, so you won't completely miss out.

Links:

William Clayton's Writings, Fillerup compilation: https://archive.org/stream/WilliamClaytonJournal/WilliamClaytonJournal_djvu.txt

Joseph Smith's Try the Spirits from Times and Seasons: https://www.latterdaytruth.org/pdf/100166.pdf