Letter to George Albert Smith, 7 January 1841
40 Ironmonger Row Saint Lukes London
Elder G. A. Smith
Dear Brother
I Receieved your letter under
Date of Dec 31st & I set down this evening to answer
it. I do not feel disposed to take up a great
deal of this Sheet in speaking of things
in this country for I have not much
knews to write about things here I will merly
say however that we expect to Baptize a
number in few days & Doctor copeland
among the Number, But it is the hardest
case I ever saw to pick up Saints in London
We had a hard tempest in the city last
Sunday morning that done considerable
damage to the churches &c. & also great damage
done in a late Storm in the Black Sea 18 Greek
3 English & a greater number of other vessels
were entirely destroyed & all on Board. Elder Wm
Pitt has Began to Baptze in Ipswich but how
many I do not know. Now for American News
We Received 6 letters to day 3 of them were from
Nauvoo & Montrose, from R. B. Thompson
Vilate Kimball & Phebe W. Woodruff & I suppose
probably you have got one by this time, they
were Brought from Nauvoo by the two Brother
that went from Longton Lancashire, to spy out the
Land & Saints Sister Kimball said they took much
pains to acquaint themselves with things in that, place
& when they came away they offered to bring letters or papers to
any of us in England & so these letters came by them to
Preston & were Mailed to us in London & I expect they
