Letter from Ilus Fabyan Carter, 23 February 1852
Scarborough
Brother Wilford
Your kind letter to Father
and Mrs. Foss's to me are just received, we
were very glad to hear from you all once
more, think letters come this way more
regularly than they go to Utah although I
can assure you that they are not near so
frequently received here as we should like to
have them. I was sorry to hear that money con
tinues so scarce with you as it is very neces-
sary in business affairs. You have given me
so many flattering accounts of your romantic
and prosperous country that I cannot longer
resist the temptation of making you a visit.
I now intend leaving Independence with the
mail in the first of May as that will be the
most expeditious way of crossing the plains, shall
probably go to Kanesvill first and see how Elder
Hyde is getting along with those goods.
You have written so discourageingly about
the sale of goods at Utah in the last letters
I have received from you, and not having been
advised by you to forward any to your city
have concluded to not take any, but cross
with the mail in some small company that
