Letter to Samuel Dam, 8 May 1849
Boston Mass
Elder Sal^m^l Dam
Sir I have Just arived home
From A long Mission to the West and Seeing Some
Companies leave Philadelphia for the valley
I recived yours of the 25th and hasten to Reply
By Saying that I have long been Desirous to
Know your address and have Written to others in
order to obtain it that I Might addess you
upon A Subject touching your interest
This being the first time I have known your address
Though at this late hour I hasten to Perform
My Duty Which is as follows Soon after I
Parted With you I Recived A letter from Elder
Orson Hyde Requesting Me to Call for your
Licence or papers from the Chuch Giving you
Any authority to Preach the Gospel in Consquence
of intoxication and Bringing Disrefute upon the
Cause While in the hands of the Police in
Philadelphia. I Now fulfil My Duty by Requesting
you to Send Me all your papers Pertaining to
Preaching Particularly the one I Signed enclosed
In your letter Which Will Prevent your being
Published Directed to Me to Cambridgeport Mass
These kind of Communications are very Painful to My
feelings and it is always More Pleasing to Me to Give Good
News than to Demand A Mans licence for transgression
