Letter from John Milton Bernhisel, 25 December 1854
Washington
Elder Wilford Woodruff,
Dear Brother,
Your communication
of the 30th of October was received on the
night of the 21st instant. I regret to hear
that a part of my goods are missing. There
were two bales of blankets, one of blue,
and the other of white, and eleven bales
of other goods. I desired brother Eldredge,
if the load should be too heavy to leave
the box or chest you received, at Saint
Louis, but it seems he brought this and
left another which I regret. In the
box he brought there are three or four
reams of writing and letter paper of
a superior quality, envelopes large
and small, pencils and quills, if you
think you can dispose of these articles
you may get them and do so.
I approve you plan of taking
the good into the country to dispose of.
The missing bale is probably a bale
of blankets, there was no bale of blankes
