The Latter-Day Saints' Emigrants' Guide
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| Author | William Clayton |
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Publication date | 1897 |
| ISBN | 978-0877700401 |
Clayton's Guide, Clayton's Emigrant Guide, or as when published, The Latter-Day Saints' Emigrants' Guide, published by Missouri Republican Steam Power Press, Chambers & Knapp, 1848 and written by William Clayton, was one of a number of very popular guidebooks written to support the westward expansion of the United States in the mid-nineteenth century when organized emigrant wagon trains began to form in large numbers at various river ports on the Missouri River.