[William Clayton Journal] Started for Keosauqua with [William] Pitt, [J. F.] Hutchinson, [John] Kay, [James] Smithies and [Howard] Egan. I took my music box and China to try and sell them. We arrived in good season and soon learned that the priests had been hard at work preventing the sectarians from coming to the Concert saying that it was an infidel move consequently there were not many present. We had far the best concert which lasted till 9 o'clock. We then went over to the Hotel, took supper and played for a private party till about 3 o'clock. We only cleared from both, about $7.00 over expenses but were well treated.
[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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