40 Ironmonger Row Saint Lukes London
Elder G. A. Smith
Dear Brother
I Receieved your letter under
Date of Dec 31st & I set down this evening to answer
it. I do not feel disposed to take up a great
deal of this Sheet in speaking of things
in this country for I have not much
knews to write about things here I will merly
say however that we expect to Baptize a
number in few days & Doctor copeland
among the Number, But it is the hardest
case I ever saw to pick up Saints in London
We had a hard tempest in the city last
Sunday morning that done considerable
damage to the churches &c. & also great damage
done in a late Storm in the Black Sea 18 Greek
3 English & a greater number of other vessels
were entirely destroyed & all on Board. Elder Wm
Pitt has Began to Baptze in Ipswich but how
many I do not know. Now for American News
We Received 6 letters to day 3 of them were from
Nauvoo & Montrose, from R. B. Thompson
Vilate Kimball & Phebe W. Woodruff & I suppose
probably you have got one by this time, they
were Brought from Nauvoo by the two Brother
that went from Longton Lancashire, to spy out the
Land & Saints Sister Kimball said they took much
pains to acquaint themselves with things in that, place
& when they came away they offered to bring letters or papers to
any of us in England & so these letters came by them to
Preston & were Mailed to us in London & I expect they
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
seem vary anxious to have us come home
once more Phebe sayes their is a small brach
of 50 members in the Neighbourhood where she
is Wm O Clark is president over it says they have
good meetings. (Governor Carling has changed
his feelings towards the Saints becaus they support
the whigs so they need not look to him for much
help) I should think it was about time for Elder
Turley to get to Nauvoo. Sister Kimball herd from Kirtland
the Saints were well there. John Young was about
to start for England. Phebe says she herd that
O Hide & J. E. Page was not agoing to sail from
New York untill they had $2000 dollars to help them
to Jerrusalem & back. I expect America & all
the genti[le] [page torn] world will see some overturns in less [than] [page torn]
1000 years, yes a good deal less, give my resp[ects] [page torn]
to Brothr & Sister Whittaker Brothr & Sister Amison
Brother & Sister Ridge, Sister E Bromley & all the Saints
in Lane End & evy where els you see & may
the Lord give you health & strength & grace
according to your day in all things. Tell me
the news as fast as you get it
As ever I remain yours in the Love of God
G A Smith
W. Woodruff
Mr George A Smith
Lane End
Staffordshire
Br Plyer send this to Eldr Smith
Mr W Woodruff
London Jan 7th 1841