Letter from John Milton Bernhisel, 2 May 1863
Near Slabtown, .
Messrs Smith & Woodruff,
Gentlemen,
In reply to the request
contained in your note of the 15th of February,
I would state that after some trouble and
considerable delay, I have the satisfaction
to inform you that I have recently succeed-
ed in procuring for the Library of the Historian's
Office, a copy of Lieut. Ives's Report of his
Explorations of the Colorado river and the
adjacent country. The report was not published
by the House of Representatives, but is a
Senate document. It has been forwarded
and I trust that it will reach its desti-
nation in safety.
Shortly before the termination of the
recent session of Congress I received a
communication from George Bean Esq
requesting me to procure the establishment
of a mail route from Provo City through
the counties of Summit, Wasatch, and
