Letter to Erastus Snow, 10 January 1861
Great Salt Lake City Elder Erastus Snow Dear Sir
I wrote a letter Nov 7th ^to you^ Directed to New York care of Wm H Miles
117 John Stree[t] New York in which I gave an account of the letter
I had Recieved from Blymyary Bates & Day Manfield Ohio concerning
Cooks portable sugar Evaporator they advised me ownly to get the
pan & not the Iron Frame ^No 2 [giving Iron]^ I Requested you to get what information
you could upon that subject & write me as Early as possible &
^{shorthand}^ to get what information you could concerning the seting it upon Brick
work &c. But I have heard Nothing from you since you have been
in the East I wish you would write to me as soon as you get
this & tell me all about the [lands] matters & all other News
you may have. we New YorkLook to the East with much interest
for the News. I will R wright you a longer letter soon
ther is not much News upon in Utah all is peace & quieture
F D Richards has ben vary sick with inflamitory Rheumatus & D H
Wells with the [Iminpatory], the Rest are all well our Legislature
is near athe close we shall send a memorial to Congress for
Admission as a State Government give my love to O Pratt Your Truly W Woodruff
