Eastern States Mission,
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,
No. 50 Concord Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Brooklyn, . 189
Prest. Wilford Woodruff,
Salt Lake City,
Utah.
My dear Brother: With pleasure I hand you herewith our financial
report for the past three months. You see we are able to keep our
head above water, and we have a very nice office to invite our
strangers in to see us, such as news paper reporters ect. Indeed
I am happy to say we have a very comfortable conference house.
I am prepared to receive our brethern as they come to
their fields of labor. We have about 120 Elders in this field and
it seems as though we could use that many more to a good advantage
Wehave only baptized upwards of 100 people since my time here, but
I think that is fairly good when we consider that nearly all of
our Elders are new in the field. Our Neophites, what we have are
good inteligent people, and we are educating them hiow to pay
tithing and live their religion.
I have been all through the field twice and have organized
Eleven Conferences. Our Elders are full of faith and determined
to do their duty. Part of them travel without money. Recently
while I was at Boston holding conference I met an old member of
our Church who was Baptized by Prest. Young and he has not seen
one of our Elders before for 45 Yrs. With love to your self and
Coworkers, I remain, with prayers for "Zion's" triumph,
Your brother,
A P Kesler
Very good letter.
J. F. S.
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE EASTERN STATES MISSION
for the quarter ending Dec, 15, 1897.
| TITHING REC'D. | |
|---|---|
| M. H. Cooley | 20.00 |
| Myron [Cooley] | 25.00 |
| Isaac [Cooley] | 25.00 |
| Nellie [Cooley] | 6.00 |
| Earl Owen | 10.00 |
| J. W. Hanson | 5.66 |
| Eliza Clough | 10.00 |
| Marian J. Larsen | .50 |
| E. T. Jones | 10.00 |
| H. C. Hansen | 1.00 |
| Maria J. Molden | 1.00 |
| Elisha Mcloud | 1.00 |
| Christine Anderson | 10.00 |
| Maria Gortzinski | 2.00 |
| Rachel Guthe | 1.00 |
| J. H. Bonham | 1.00 |
| Cyrus A. Thompson | 1.00 |
| Frank Troutman | .50 |
| Zipporag B. Jones | 1.00 |
| Mary S. Jones | .50 |
| Hezekiah Bryant | 2.50 |
| S. P. Radabaugh | 5.00 |
| Lydia Hefner | 1.00 |
| Wm. Stout | 1.00 |
| Wesley Collins | 3.00 |
| Austin Thartsock | 2.00 |
| Hayes Hymes | .50 |
| Esdras Howell | 7.00 |
| Emeline Stephens | 2.00 |
| Mary Mc.Kune | 2.45 |
| Joseph Phelps | .50 |
| Rob't. Parsons | 6.00 |
| Mrs. A. T. Smith | 1.00 |
| Marea Nelson | 4.15 |
| Elizabeth Carroll | 1.60 |
| [Total] | $171.86 |
| DONATION'S | |
|---|---|
| C. D. Juchau | 8.00 |
| Elders | 34.70 |
| Hezekiah Campbell | .40 |
| M. H. Cooley | 1.00 |
| Simon [Cooley] | .20 |
| Myron [Cooley] | .40 |
| Isaac [Cooley] | .30 |
| Nellie [Cooley] | .30 |
| Willis Campbell | .60 |
| Earl Owen | .60 |
| Ralph Archibald | 1.00 |
| Sarah Blackburn | 15.00 |
| Marian J. Larsen | .25 |
| Maria Gortzinski | .25 |
| Nels E. Molden | .25 |
| M. G | .75 |
| CH. Skinner | .25 |
| G. F. Windom | .20 |
| M. A. Dennison | .10 |
| Emeline Stephens | .25 |
| R. H. | 1.00 |
| M | 2.00 |
| Stephen Love | 1.00 |
| Robert Patrick | 1.00 |
| 69.80 | |
| Total Received | 241.66 |
| On hand Sep. 15th. | 5.02 |
| 246.68 |
| DISBURSEMENTS | |
|---|---|
| Coal | 12.90 |
| Rent | 80.00 |
| House Expense | 11.49 |
| Traveling Expense | 63. |
| Stationary | 13.89 |
| $161.28 | |
| balance on Hand | Dec. 15, 1897. |
| $65.40 |
This looks prosperous, & like becoming
Self-sustaining. J. F. S.
A. P. Kesler
Dec. 15 [18]97