12th We walked to & found Elder
at Elder he had come from
to meet Elder & myself for the purpose
of Going to the city of . Elder Kimball had
two letters direct from America one from his
wife & the other from father to
his son George A. Smith. Sister inmforms
us of the Death of Bishop
who DIED May 27th 1840 & his oldest Died
the week before. The Loss of Bishop Patridge will be greatly
felt by the Church he is one of the wisest & best men
of the Last Days He was like of old in whom
there is no guile, [John 1:47] he has passed through much for the word of God & the testimony of Jesus Christ in
1833 he was & besmeared with tar & feathers
in 1839 he was again Imprisioned & passed through the
great persecution of that year & he has been a member
& Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
almost from the Beginning. But he has now gone to
rest & to receive his crown of Glory
[FIGURE] Father John Smith Informed us in his letter of some
remarkable signs that lately appeared among the Saints
viz on the 14th of June 1840 on Sunday five {persons}
men members of the Church saw two men ride across the
from Missisippi River from
to Nauvoo one man was on a white horse & the other on
a bay or red horse the waters parted under their feet
& fire flew when therir tails moved & they observed the
clothing of the men. A few month previous to this a man
was seen walking across the river by several believers &
others the unbeleivers said probably a mormon was
going across to steal sumthing. this is the effect that
signs have on those that seek them.
I walked in company washith Elders & to
Br at in we preached
at {Distance of the day} 12 m
Mrs wrote a short epistle in father letter
