President B. Young
Dear Sir
We arived in Chicago last night
after a journey of 10 days. We got along well considering all
things. my wife however is a bed this morning tired out and
most sick it is tedious journeying with Children. I have a
few questions I wish to ask, and a request or two to make. Br Jones
holds in his hands an order from you on me for $500
five hundred Dollars which is to be credited to the Temple. shall
any of the Emigration money, Book money, ^or^ printing money, be
paid on that order, or ownly the money donated for the
temple. An order or letter was put into my hands from
some person in Nauvoo calling for £25 twenty five
pounds from Mr Jeffreys As as I did not hear you speak
of that, I wish to ask if that is all right. In paying Jones
the $500 dollars, shall the $50 dollars you paid him or any
money that I may get in New York or else whare, to help him
to Liverpool, be considered a part of the $500 dollars or
must he have $500 dollars exclusive of what we help him
to. Please write me a letter Directed to New York and
answer these questions and you will oblige me. & give me any othr
council you see fit.
I have made Enquiry among the Saints as I came along about
furnishing the teams with a load of sumthing for the Temple
wheat seemed to be about the ownly thing that their was a
prospect of getting and that generally was not thrashed, a number
spoke of driving Beef cattle. I told them it would be acept-
able. I spent the night with Br. Simpson B. Huffaker one mile for
south of Green field he says he has about 400 bushels of wheat
he will turn into the Temple. Israel Huffaker has about 150
bushels, & Br Collins about 50 bushels, making about six hundred
bushels of wheat in that Neighborhood, but it is 150 miles from
Nauvoo. now by carrying it 18 miles they can get 5005 per
build for it, now shall they sell it & get money for it & [send]
or carry you the money, or can their be a Steem boat
sent for it which can go within 30 miles, or will it be
wisdom to convey it so far by land. they will get a mashine
and thrash it before long would it not be well to write
Br Huffaker a letter upon the subject, & tel him what you
wish him to do about it. it will be vary expesive carrying
it so far by land. for further particulars enquire of Br
Williams.
The two Laws Wm & Wilson have
followed us or been on the road either before or behind us for the
last hundred miles. they came into Chicago a few minutes
behingd behind us. what their object is I have not yet fully known
they are in town this morning. they have visited the churches & sants
through the country trying to sell their land & property
in Nauvoo for money, cattle or exchange for land in the county
they had about succeeded in making a traid of this kind with
the Saints in Toulon Ill untill we came along I put a
veto upon it & broke it up & am going to do it evry whae I go
for they are ownly trying to gull the Saints for they will loose
all they trade with them in this way for their is more mort-
gages and attachments upon their property in Nauvoo than the value
of them. I do not know but their object in comeing here is to take
boat to the Eastene State or Canidas to practice the same fraud
would it not be well to cauth^i^on all the Churches through the
Neighbor & times & Season to beware of having any deal with them
or the Fosters or Higbys. I should think any Saint ought to know
better than to deal with them. I should not think strange if the
Laws were calculating to go to Canida to live. I think of
cautioning the Saints in the East against dealing with those
men, by a note in the prophet upon the subject, unless I am
councilled otherwise for they are going about seeking whome
they may devour. I had but a few moments to write
before the brethen started but I thought I would write
a few lines. We cannot get a boat for Buffalo untill
monday Morning it is now Saturday Morning unless we take
a propeller to Oswego, this evening. My Respects to the quorum
and all who inquire. Please direct to ^your^ letter to W Woodruff
New York & also ask Elder Taylor to send to me the Last
form of the Doctrines & Covenants as it was not out the last
when I left, also send the last Neighbors & Times & season to New
York
Wilford Woodruff
Dr Brother, I had quite forgotten to let you know that I owe and
want you to pay Mrs Parker North American Hotel, New Orleans
twenty Dolls for board, she's a widow, & I have been very unwilling to leave
without having that settled, for honesty is the best policy after all. Brother Williams
has an order to collect some debts due me on the way home which he will [pay]
you for that purpose perhaps the whole Amt. if not do send it to her. and
in regard to that note of Joseph's in the hands of Phelps if you can use it to better
advantage against the estate for full amt. you in may do so if he will give it up
this shall be his receipt for the same.
yrs respectfully D Jones.
[sideways text] Mr Brigham Young
Nauvoo
Ill [end of sideways text]
Letter from W. Woodruff
to
Brigham Young
filed
Sept 21st 1844 —
[sideways text] Septr 8th 1844
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