Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
On the Professor Orson Pratt arrived
from Liverpool where he had been presiding over the British Mission
and we sat up together late conversing upon the business of the Kingdom
Next day we went into the city of Boston
together and met Erastus Snow and George B. Wallace and in the
afternoon we met with the Saints and Erastus Snow gave an
account of the dealings of the Lord with the brethren in the Valley
and concerning the cricket war which had sorely tried the people
Elder Orson Pratt followed and spoke much to our edification. He
expected to increase the Millennial Star from five thousand to
twenty thousand.
Early next morning Elder Orson Pratt
parted with me to go to New York previous to his return
to England.
I attended the trial of Professor Webster for
