James K. Polk inaugurated as eleventh President of 27 United States.
April 16th [FIGURE] 10 P I went to the office & carried
£40 which I had recieved at
the conference for the covenants, Temple & Emegra
tion. On my arival there I recieved 4 Letters
one from President Young, one from Elder P. P. Pratt
one from Father Carter, & one from Glasgow, the
three letters from America were full of interest
Br Young speaks of the Progress of the Temple &
endowment & affairs in Nauvoo. Elder Fordham
Brannan & Pratt all write in one letter containing
good news. Father Carter & Sister Foss both write
in one letter they state that Sister foss family are all
well though several of them lay at the Point of
Death when we left our child Phebe Amelia is well
it is the first letter we have recieved from
them since we left New York
I also recieved 10 Papers 6 from Nauvoo & 4
from New York 4 miles
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