9th
[FIGURE] We received six letters one from
, 1 from Elder ,
one from , one from , one from
, one from , & they were full of
interest Elders Kimball & O pratt both inform me
of the death of Father Joseph Smith Sen. He was the
first in the Church of Latter Day Saint[s]
but he is gone & sleeps in peace so our fathers
fall asleep. Elder Kington speaks of a letter He or
the Saints se[n]t me on the 24th Oct containing £2
which is lost I went to the general post office
in to inquire about the lost letter & the post
master took the matter in hand & said he would
trace it out. I wrote a letter to Elder Kington—
one to Elder & ONE vary lengthy
one to & Mother giving an account
of all things in this . This is the day
that The of London is sworn into
his office or takes the oath. it is called Lord
Mayors Show it is a great day in London. The
Lord Mayor is taken in a golden carriage at his man
sion & drawn through the streets to Blackfriars
Bridge he there takes water lands at takes the oath & returns same way to his
mansion, the streets have to be cleared of
all kind of veacles untill the procession passes
by I saw the possession pass with the golden
carriges being two in No drawn by six horses each
coverd with gold. Elder W. Richards infor
med me that it was the council of the Twelve for
Elder to come immediately to the
churches to council them & spend some time
with them as there was ownly about work enough
for one in London so he is making preperation to
start early in the morning these are busy times
I am informed the Lamanites are begining to
embrace the work considerable
