Letter from Ilus Fabyan Carter, 13 October 1856
Portland
Dear Sister & Brother
Judge of my surprise in
receiving a letter from you today after so long
a time. I cannot really say when I have heard
from you before. You stated that you had
some time since written a family letter to the
folks at Scarboro. I have not known of their
receiving it, think if they had, I should
have known it. It is very pleasant to me
to hear from my friends and more to so to see
them. how much I want to see you all
I should be willing to make some sac
rifice to spend a few days with you
or to see you here, but it is uncertain
when and where we may meet, if not
on earth may it be in heaven
You refer to some unkind feelings to
ward Utah, I hear of none. Sin and iniq
uity abounds to a great extent with us.
Our ministers are becomeing political Priests
jumping out of the pulpit with politics and
from politics jumping into our treasury
robing that. It is new with them bleed
ing Ramsus, in that since it was O, the Pope
the Pope, he will have us all murdered
