Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
On the I wrote a large sheet full
of matter to President Brigham Young concerning the affairs
of the Church over which I was presiding and the progress of the
work in Europe
Rumours of wars between England and the
United States were again heard through the land. The American
Government having anexed Texas to the United States there seemed
a prospect of England joining Mexico in a war. Quite an
excitement was created among the American captains in
consequence of the English Government having stoped the steampacket
which was to sail on the 4th until furthar orders.
