Cambridgeport Mass Elder Badlam Dear Sir As Brother & Sister Baldwin are about to take there departure from this port for the Bay of San Francisco I thought it my duty to impose every opportunity of writing to you. I sent you a long Letter by the Last Steemers which you will of course got a long time before you get this, Brother Baldwin seemed to have a door opened to go to San Francisco so He has excepted of it. There has not a great deal transpired in Church matters since I last wrote that will be of particular interesting to you. I held a meeting of Fall Briers on the 1st & 2nd of Sept & on the 3rd at New Bedford & was going to Cape Cod as on the 4th on a packet but a storm prevented the packet or myself going so I came Home, I had A good meeting on Sunday at home, a full House I ordained Brother Delin an Elder He is from Sweeden A smart intelligent man we baptized him last winter He is about to go to preach to a Settlement of his Countrymen at Wisconsin & Iowa. Next Sunday I preach at East Bradford Leonard Hardy will be there I take my wife down the Church will take a ride together on the Tuesday following to plum Island. Elder A. D Boynton was with me yesterday. Has got his Letter pattent from Washington for his invented Leather Sole Cutter is selling rights & machines. I think He will raise some money on it. Your family are all well, Myself & family are well at this time. The spirit of Burning & mobing is on the increase in this county. Cambridgeport Bridge was set on fire a few nights since came nigh burning up Those long [streets] burn & Store House a few roads west of the toll House on cambrideport Bridge was burned down Saturday night one fireman fell from the building & was killed. that Bath House South west of your Shop was also burned up. that large House on the South west corner of Moore street west of me was set on fire but put out, the Cholera is still in Boston & around us, 15 death yesterday with it reported, but not much more than