Historian's office.
G. S. L. City April 1 1857.

Brother George A. Smith

Dear Sir,

I take pleasure in announcing to you that the Eastern
mail arrived on the 24th Ulto., bringing 28 brass lock sacks, having left
2 by the way: it brought the last Oct. and Nov. mails. We have not
heard anything later by the East. The Mail was accompanied by
our friend J. L. Heywood; they all wintered about Devils gate with
about 20 of the brethren. They suffered much: subsisting for one
month on poor beef, and the next month on Hides. Brother Hey-
wood considers he has gained quite an experience in cooking raw hides:
they boiled, roasted, stewed and fried all ways; they all lived through
it; and left as soon as they could get through for snow, and came
near leaving the Mail at last. Many had much anxiety about brother
Heywood, and all were glad to see him come home: he looks well,
with his long sandy beard. The Mail brought me 6 letters from you,
including the one sent by A. W. Babbitt, who as you know was
killed by the way. I was truly glad to hear from you and that
you was preserved in the railroad smash up.

I was glad to hear that you had got along so well with
bro. Taylor, in getting us out so good a history of the death of
Joseph. I have not yet seen it. I have not heard how it was
sent, if by mail I expect it will turn up by and bye when the
Winter mails arrive. I called on Bathsheba and read all my letters to her:
she had received letters from you too. I was pleased with your dream,
and I believe that you will be enabled to start the cars, engine or
no engine that is visible, it will be right anyway. We will file it in the office.

We have had a hard winter in Utah, if 8 feet of snow in the

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Rec[eive]d Sept. 3
1857
at Salt Lake

April 1st, 1857
Historian's Office
Geo. A. Smith

Wilford Woodruff
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Historian's office. G. S. L. City April 1 1857.

Brother George A. Smith

Dear Sir,

I take pleasure in announcing to you that the Eastern mail arrived on the 24th Ulto., bringing 28 brass lock sacks, having left 2 by the way: it brought the last Oct. and Nov. mails. We have not heard anything later by the East. The Mail was accompanied by our friend J. L. Heywood; they all wintered about Devils gate with about 20 of the brethren. They suffered much: subsisting for one month on poor beef, and the next month on Hides. Brother Heywood considers he has gained quite an experience in cooking raw hides: they boiled, roasted, stewed and fried all ways; they all lived through it; and left as soon as they could get through for snow, and came near leaving the Mail at last. Many had much anxiety about brother Heywood, and all were glad to see him come home: he looks well, with his long sandy beard. The Mail brought me 6 letters from you, including the one sent by A. W. Babbitt, who as you know was killed by the way. I was truly glad to hear from you and that you was preserved in the railroad smash up.

I was glad to hear that you had got along so well with bro. Taylor, in getting us out so good a history of the death of Joseph. I have not yet seen it. I have not heard how it was sent, if by mail I expect it will turn up by and bye when the Winter mails arrive. I called on Bathsheba and read all my letters to her: she had received letters from you too. I was pleased with your dream, and I believe that you will be enabled to start the cars, engine or no engine that is visible, it will be right anyway. We will file it in the office.

We have had a hard winter in Utah, if 8 feet of snow in the

sideways text Received Sept. 3 1857 at Salt Lake

April 1st, 1857 Historian's Office Geo. A. Smith

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