Letter from Parley Parker Pratt and Samuel Brannan, 18 January 1845
New York,
Dear Br. Woodruff,
I am Now in this city
being sent by the first Presidency at Nauvoo
to preside in the east as you do in England.
I am Instructed by the Quorum to say
to you, in Regard to Emigration from Eng.
that it is wisdom to Stop all Emigration by
New Orleans and to Direct it all to New York.
Then those who have nothing but their hands
and are used to working in factories, etc, can
Remain in the Eastern States for the present
and obtain their own kind of Employment; be-
ing Organised, or adopted into branches; where
ever they may sojourn; and thus they can subsist
and Lay up money which will in time enable them
to settle or be settled in to the west. Or factories
will be reared there which will afford employ-
ment. till then it is of no use to go west, only
for those who have the means to employ themselves.
Therefore send your emigrants to New York
hereafter, and avoid those southern hells; such
as New Orleans, St Louis, Warsaw, etc. and
many other inconveniences.
I would also Inform Br. Hedlock that
M B. Winchester has been in the Law with
some of our Elders; and with Elder Brannan,
Editor of the Prophet, etc. But he has agreed
to settle all these matters and be still
