Once the crisis subdued and William Clayton dug up as documents again they might as well have remained buried they remain restricted for over 175 years. It wasnt until 2014. The lds church announced they were be making them available for the first time in published form. And dont forget to tell all of you that whenever there is a document or series of documents that are kept hidden and secret lots of legends and myths crop up around them. Over the century and a half there had been lots of myths about the Counsel Council of 50 and what took place in it. And this grew to legendary proportion until finally when they finally got access to the council some were disappointed by the content. Where was Justice Smith being crowned as a king or where were they ordering the assassination of the u. S. President. These were all things that were bandied about. Some people were disappointed in these records when they were finally released as a historian of American Religion and politics they were lik
Talk about stuff that i am equally eager to talk about with you. A week before joseph smith was killed in carthage jail when he was in some tense negotiations with the state to turn himself in and be tried for ordering the destruction of the knob works pozner he turns to William Clayton who just happens to be the secretary of the secret counsel established, counsel 50. Joseph turns to William Clayton and says i want you to go and burn the minutes of that secret counsel. He knew the contents of those records were very controversial and when seen in a certain light or a certain context they could be understand is treason and he was anxious to keep them out of the wrong hands. William clayton to the great benefit of the rest of us chose to disobey his profit and instead of burning the documents buried them where they remained for several months until the crisis seemed to subdue. Once the crisis subdued and William Clayton dug up those documents again they might as well have remained burie
What to expect from the recently transferred Smith Family Homestead, the Nauvoo Mansion and the Red Brick Store, now operated by the Church of Jesus Christ.