175 years ago today - Mar 4, 1840. Wednesday.

[William Clayton] Before I had got properly through one of the town Missions (3 were present) interrupted and threw the meeting into confusion. They disproved nothing but manifested a bad spirit, railing and saying the doctrine was a doctrine of damnation &c. [William?] Jordan the writer was present and what he heard made him tremble. He said the devils which was in the cellar are come here.

[Source: George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://amzn.to/william-clayton]

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