Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 2
On Sunday the I met with
the Saints in Cambridgeport. Dr John M. Bernhisal met
with us and gave a rehersal of affairs in the Valley which was
interesting. He had come as a representative from the
Valley to Washington bearing our petition to Congress for
a Territorial government
Copy of a Letter
Received From the First Presidency.
Great Salt Lake City
July 25, 1849.
Dear Brother Woodruff,
As our mail is now making up for the
States we cannot let so favourable an opportunity of communicating
with you pass unimproved.
Our prospects for grain are tolerably good and
if we are not flooded with immigration intending for the mines
but compelled to tarry here we should have plenty for the
ensuing year. Our wheat harvest is now at its height and
is coming off far better than appearance seemed to warrant
The spirit of industry which has ever characterized the Saints