Scarborough Maine president Young I feel disposed to give you an account of things with me since I last wrote for I suppose long before this time you have recieved the letters I sent you by Elder Wingate. I then gave you an account of my visit among the churches and my feelings about matters affairs & things. Immediately after the writing of those letters I went to Lowell, & Peterborough but as it happened Elder Wm Smith had a meeting at each place at the time of my appointment to collect money for the Temple & got some assistance for himself. I do not know how much he obtained in Lowell for either purpose. But on the 18th Oct he took $150 dollars for the Temple and about $30 or $40 dollars for himself of the church in peterborough N. H. which they donated for that purpose he gave receipts for the money donated for the Temple, he has visited most of the eastern churches I think, for the same purpose, how much money he has collected for himself or Temple I do not know any thing about it, he told me he was going to send the Temple money by Elder Wingate or Adams as to the amount brought I suppose you or the Trustees will know about. All was right with the peterboro church, no trouble among them but united But I found it different with the Lowell Church. Elder Wm Smith & myself attended a church meeting together there All the mail members resigned their offices in that branch of the Church except one coloured Brother who was an Elder But the president & clerk resigned, the reason was a complaint that has saluted my ears in most of the eastern churches I have visited, but I advised them to hold their stations as they were, & go ahead all would be right if, they did well they would be blessed, they were not accountable for others faults, And they did so all kept their places. I visit two small branches in New Hampshire one in in Gilsom & the other near walpole I spent the night with Father Mack a Brother to Mother Smith two of his sons are Elders in the Church I saw the old suller & house place whare Mother Smith was born & whare Father Smith had a mill. I saw Elder Cordon & West Minster V.t. where he is opening a field the work seems to be doing well in that region of country. I let Elder Clark take that $50 order to collect for me in New York which you gave me to assist me over the water, so that I need not be hendered when I get there. he presented it & they said it was a hoakx they had not had any money put into their hands and they did not know Mr Young I shall enquire into it when I get there. But as I found I could not get that I made my wants known to the Saints in Boston & in that region of country for I thought among the multiplic[it]y of Begging that was going on they would not miss it much if they did give us a few dollars to help us over the water in comparison to what they would to supply all the calls that were going the rounds. And Although I was in the heart of a Begging harvest they gave me over $30 dollars in Boston & some in the other Branches $10 from the Peterborough Branch after donating about $200 for the Temple & Br Smith. So we will be able to get along as far as money is concerned; I returned to Boston on the 24th Oct with the intention of going to Scarborough Maine to get my family & return direct to New York & set sail for Liverpool. On my arival in Boston I got A letter from Mrs Woodruff stating that both of our children were sick the youngest getting better but Phebe Amelia was dangerously sick A few days must decide the case, my letter was dated three days before I got it. I took the first train of cars in the morning and at noon I was with my family found them all well except phebe Amelia was she was a