[William Clayton Journal] Conversed with H[eber] C. K[imball] concerning a plot that is being laid to entrap the brethren of the secret priesthood [polygamy] by Brother H[?] [Hyrum Smith] and others. ... President stated to me that he had had a little trouble with Sister E[mma]. He was asking E[liza] Partridge concerning [Joseph] Jackson['s] conduct during Presidents absence and E[mma] came upstairs. He shut to the door not knowing who it was and held it. She came to the door and called Eliza 4 times and tried to force open the door. President opened it and told her the cause &c. She seemed much irritated. ...
[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]
[pp.105-106]
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