Nauvoo May 16th, 1843 Dear Father I have had it in my heart for a long time to write a Letter to you & express my feelings to you upon a few Items but I have delayed it untill the present time. Brother Wooley arived at Nauvoo last night. I called upon him this morning & Enquired concerning you & the family & he informed me that he stayed with you. I think one day & knight spoke of the situation & hea[l]th of

It has been amid these Reflections that I have desired in my heart that my Father, Mother, Brethren, Sister, & Kindred might not ownly stand in the Everlasting Covenant but be gathered with the Saints & inasmuch as they sleep that thay may sleep in the burial place of the Saints that we may lie down together & rise up together in the morn of the first Resurrection. The more I have meditated concerning the Events of the last days the more I have desired to see my Father ...

I could do It more Effectually if you were in Nauvoo then in Farmington & I do not know that you have any Son that will render you assistance (should you need it) in the decline of life without I do it myself, & I think I can say from the heart that I have No desire to be liberated from the obligations which the Law of God, of Nature, & of Reason hath lade upon me towards our my Father & should your wants be within my reach I should ...

Mother spoke in her Letter about the papers, pay &c. I dont wish any of you to trouble yourselves about that, as Long as I publish them you are welcome to the papers I have rented the office of Br Joseph for five years in company with Eldr Taylor we are calculating to get the Covenants out this spring we have got nearly all the work stenotyped & expet to prnt an Editions soon [upside-down text] Phebe Wishes mother to save her a quantity ...