Mormon History, Nov 17, 1845. Monday.

[William Clayton Journal] ...My heart is grieved to see the difference of spirit, feeling and courses of Bishops [Newel] Whitney and [George] Miller. They appear to be at antipodes with each other in nearly all their operations. They have placed me as a mark for both to shoot at, and it has placed me in a very unpleasant situation. Miller seems angry with me because I appear to give preference to Whitney and which I consider I ought to do inasmuch as he is the Senior Bishop and is far more careful in his management than Brother Miller is. The latter is perfectly wasteful and wild in his business transactions and if he had the management of the Temple business alone he would soon wind it up and scatter it to ruin...At 5 met the Twelve at Dr. Richards.

[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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