Letter to Parley Parker Pratt, 5 August 1845
Beloved Brother Pratt
I recieved your letter
some time since but have delayed untill Sister
Beer's return as I could then forward by private
conveyance. Elder Clark was with me ths afternoon
I read him your letter he says you left a bill for him
& Felding to pay at Carns & [Borown] which they paid according
to agreement. But he said there was No arangements
made with him about the flour. He says as far as their
was any arrangements made with him about any business he
attended to it, but what was left with Br Fielding he
could not say anything about. I also read the lettr to Br
Ward and he did not know of any business left with him
but what he had attended to. It seems you left the payment
of the flour with Fielding but he has not attended to it
I do not know of any debts now standing against you
in this country but the flour the names of the last
that were shiped that had paid you were William Gittins
& family they claimed £16.16.0 which was allowed them in
their passage.
I spoke to Br Brown about his Box of hard ware
that he shiped to you & I believe he has written
for somebody els to pay duties & sell it for what it
will fetch. I dont think myself that you ought to be
troubled with things of that kind. The Acada brought
me papers from Nauvoo the first No of the New York Messenger
two letters from Boston, one from Eldr Grant of Philadelphia
