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Day in the Life

Feb 5, 1850

Journal Entry

February 05, 1850 ~ Tuesday

5th I spent the day at home it was an exeeding cold day

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Letter from Franklin Dewey Richards, 5 February 1850
Steamer Buenavista Elder Woodruff Dear Sir I presume you have learned sometime since of the diversified appointments of the Elders who came from the valley this winter & all other general intelligence from the valley of our homes, which if you have not you will obtain of br G. B. Wallace. Brothers Gates, Higbee, Johnson, Lebaron Young & Smith are on board with me. Some 3 or 4 of them are unwell & myself also but we think we are recovering slowly. I sincerely hope you & your family are enjoying good health and I feel to congratulate you upon your release from that field of labor; for I feel as if I would prefer almost any othee nation on the earth to the United States as a field of labor. My particular object in writing you at this time is to make request of you concerning a young sister Lucy Fox who came over with Littlefield Day & others to N. York her mother did not know the spirits they were of or she would not have let her come with them Her oldest sister Charlotte Fox is in the valley & a member of my family, she feels very anxious about Lucy lest she may have fallen into the society of such as would lead her astray & bring a lasting reproach upon her character. She thinks of Lucy with many tears. Would you be so kind br Woodruff as to ascertain how it is with her and if you could get her a place with a family wanting help, that for her services would bring her with them to the valley, she could serve them till it was sufficient, till they were satisfied; you would be doing good perhaps saving a soul from death & I should feel myself under lasting obligation to you and be most happy to reciprocate your kindness in any way which opportunity might present. The family all belong to the church & were of excellent moral character which I hope still is the case. Be so kind as write me at all events to the Star Office Liverpool as soon as you are prepared to give me what information you may obtain about Lucy's situation, & chances of going west. Please also give me something of your prospects at gleaning Grapes after the Vintage is done, & any thing you may feel to bestow I shall be happy to receive; iIt has been sometime since we had communion with each other. With many good wishes to yourself & family I subscribe myself Y[ou]r fellow Servant F. D. Richards
Letter from Nathaniel Henry Felt, 5 February 1850
St Louis Dear Bro Woodruff Yours of 11th Ult was duly received. I was happy to hear that you were all well, and also preparing to go to the place we all so much desire to see. Bro Taylor E Snow, L Snow and other are still with us. Expecting to get away the first of next week. Most of them that came from the Valley, have had to pass through another "acclimating" and have more or less suffered with colds. Etc. You may be sure, we have been over head and ears in business. since their arrival in this City. I have been talking with Bro Taylor upon the subject; you wrote to me about. He says there is a chance of getting cattle up near the Cherrokee nation for very much less, than they can be got through this rege^i^eoin, he thinks they can be got, so as to cost only about $35 a yol^k^k^e^ at the Bluffs. That is they can be purchased in the Cherrokee country for about $20 per yk and the expense of driving &c would not be above 30 or 35 $ &c &c. We anticipate that cattle will be very high all through this region of country, say as high as, from 50 to $60—And if you could make any arr- angement to send an agent here in season, say not later than the first of April (Earlier if possible) and in connection with those who will be purchasing here. go [sideways text] N. H. Felt Feb 5th 1850 Answed Mach 28th [end of sideways text]

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Church membership 51,839; population of Utah Territory 11,380; population of United States 23,192,000.

Feb 5, 1850