Letter from Brigham Young, 21 August 1845
City of Joseph
To W. Woodruff,
Dear Brother; Once more I write to communicate to you
our situation, and progress; and how the Lord has blessed us.
We have been remarka[b]ly blessed with health, this season,
and there has been very little sickness this season, and the
Brethren have been enabled to labor remarkably; and they
have raised grain enough to support twice the amount
of inhabitants, besides, they have labored wonderfully on
the Temple and Nauvoo House. The Temple is up, the shingles
all on, the tower raised and nearly ready to put the dome
up ^22nd the dome will be raised up tomorrow^. The joiners are now at work finishing off the inside,
and within two months we shall have some rooms
prepared to commence the endowment. The joiners will
be enable to finish the inside work during the winter.
The committee of the Nauvoo House are driving that building
on briskley. They have got their brick now ready, also their lime
sand and timber. The trustees and committee being satisfied
that Brother L. Woodworth was not a suitable man to go a
head and do justice to such a building, therefore he was
droped and Brother Wicks appointed architect of the house.
The masons have commenced work and in two months
the walls will be complete, and the roof will go on this fall,
and be ready for the inside work which the joiners will comm-
ence soon as they finish the Temple. The mobocrats begin to
tremble, and make preparations for leaving this county
and we pray the Lord to speed their flight. The Brethren
have gathered in almost by thousands this season, and
are still coming from all parts. Your little boy that lives
with brother Benboe is well. Their were fifty two of us
