they brought sumthing for you if so give us the news
the latest Date was Nov 7th at which time Elder Turley
had not arived, the Saints were mostly well, my Babe
was still sick with the Ague, & one of Sister Kimballs
Children also, the work was progressing General Adams
at Springfield, had come to Nauvoo & was Baptized
Elder O Smoot had returned home from the South.
several late deaths among the Saints, Brother Badger, &
Widder Gibbs she that was a Carter is dead. The Missourians
are still constantly committing depredations upon
the Saints they kidnaped anothr Brother by the name John Taylor, & hand cuffed him & chained him
to the floor in a Joal, but he got some fire some
way & burned the staple out, & broke though two doors
strongly bolted with his hand cuffs on & got away leaving
the gail on fire it was severel weeks ago & he has not been
herd of since. his friends feel bad for fear that he has
perished in the wilderness. Governour Boggs is determined
to send force enough to Nauvoo to take all the prisioners
he has demanded, & since the Saints have. Hark
the Postman has this moment brought me in a letter
from Elders Whittaker & G. A. Smith so I see you have
got a letter as well as me. My wife did not give
me much News ownly the same that you have, you
wish the papers I herd bother G. A. Smith has the Numbers
all of the Last now in Manchester & I expected you would
have had them before this time. We have none of them
now by us, they are at Mr Sangivanni & I dont
know when I shall go there again. Our wives
they brought sumthing for you if so give us the news
the latest Date was Nov 7th at which time Elder Turley
had not arived, the Saints were mostly well, my Babe
was still sick with the Ague, & one of Sister Kimballs
Children also, the work was progressing General Adams
at Springfield, had come to Nauvoo & was Baptized
Elder O Smoot had returned home from the South.
several late deaths among the Saints, Brother Badger, &
Widder Gibbs she that was a Carter is dead. The Missourians
are still constantly committing depredations upon
the Saints they kidnaped anothr Brother by the name
John Taylor, & hand cuffed him & chained him
to the floor in a Joal, but he got some fire some
way & burned the staple out, & broke though two doors
strongly bolted with his hand cuffs on & got away leaving
the gail on fire it was severel weeks ago & he has not been
herd of since. his friends feel bad for fear that he has
perished in the wilderness. Governour Boggs is determined
to send force enough to Nauvoo to take all the prisioners
he has demanded, & since the Saints have. Hark
the Postman has this moment brought me in a letter
from Elders Whittaker & G. A. Smith so I see you have
got a letter as well as me. My wife did not give
me much News ownly the same that you have, you
wish the papers I herd bother G. A. Smith has the Numbers
all of the Last now in Manchester & I expected you would
have had them before this time. We have none of them
now by us, they are at Mr Sangivanni & I dont
know when I shall go there again. Our wives