Word of the prophet's departure causes near panic among his devoted followers. ... Joseph and Emma Smith burn the original manuscript of the 1843 polygamy revelation, presumably on this evening. William Clayton preserves a copy.
[Source: Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47, http://amzn.to/origins-power]
WC preserves the copy of "the Revelation from Hell" because he is more concerned about saving all of JS's dictation and his tedious writing just goes to show how deluded and corrupt most all of the church hierarchy were then.
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