I have just ar[ri]ved in this
City & obtained your Letters, you will of course
follow the instructions you have recved from Head
quarters if you fail in a State & go in for a Territory
as the last resort I think that every exhertion in any
power should be made to get our own officers elected
say Brigham Youg[illegible] Governor & go down according to theirs
appointment as far as possible a I recved a Note from Col Kane
this evening who are from Mrs Woodruff who informed me
that the Letters from Mr Carter to the Maine members was
sent to me at Cambridgeport and was immediately forwaded
on to you at washington which I trust you have got
Mr Carter informs me that the Maine Members have
promissed to do all they can for us connstantly &c which I
think will be a help to you. My family are all well
I am also. I had a meeting n[i]ght before last in Horne[rs]town
last n[i]ght at Toms River all well.
I pray for your prosperity give my respets to Brother Babbit write me again soon & any time within a week
dirt [direct] to New York
"Letter to Thomas Leiper Kane and John Milton Bernhisel, 8 December 1849," p. 4, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 21, 2023, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/qxvr
