that she had been seduced by him. I mention this letter
to you now, because in my last letter to you, I informed you
that he had denied having done any wrong with any person
in the Church, yet this girl had testified that he had ruined
her, and as I have not seen the girl, myself, I wish him
to have the benefit of the doubt in your minds which his
penitent letter has rasied in mine.
Unless some counsel should come from the President to the
contrary, I expect a number of the Valley Elders will be released
this Spring to return home. They feel very pleased at the pros-
pect of so soon enjoying the society of their families and the
Saints of God. The saints are very desirous to get away this
Spring; already applications from all quarters have commenced
flowing in to me to know if I cannot extend them a little
help to get away, some lacking more and some less money,
and these applications will increase very rapidly as the time
of emigration appro^a^ches. As yet, I have received no intima-
tion from Brother Brigham respecting the sending down of
Teams to the Frontiers to carry up the poor, and as I do not
like to make any very definite moves, or to stir the people
up very much upon the subject of Emigration until that
arrives, we feel considerably anxious to receive some word.
The people from Scandinavia are intending to come by way of Liverpool this Season instead of viaHamburg as they did
last. We think the advantages are greater by this than the other
route. The Work is prospering there and numbers are being
added. In many Conferences, in this Mission also, the labors
of the Elders are being attended with marked success.
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that she had been seduced by him. I mention this letter
to you now, because in my last letter to you, I informed you
that he had denied having done any wrong with any person
in the Church, yet this girl had testified that he had ruined
her, and as I have not seen the girl, myself, I wish him
to have the benefit of the doubt in your minds which his
penitent letter has rasied in mine.
Unless some counsel should come from the President to the
contrary, I expect a number of the Valley Elders will be released
this Spring to return home. They feel very pleased at the prospect of so soon enjoying the society of their families and the
Saints of God. The saints are very desirous to get away this
Spring; already applications from all quarters have commenced
flowing in to me to know if I cannot extend them a little
help to get away, some lacking more and some less money,
and these applications will increase very rapidly as the time
of emigration approaches. As yet, I have received no intimation from Brother Brigham respecting the sending down of
Teams to the Frontiers to carry up the poor, and as I do not
like to make any very definite moves, or to stir the people
up very much upon the subject of Emigration until that
arrives, we feel considerably anxious to receive some word.
The people from Scandinavia are intending to come by way of
Liverpool this Season instead of viaHamburg as they did
last. We think the advantages are greater by this than the other
route. The Work is prospering there and numbers are being
added. In many Conferences, in this Mission also, the labors
of the Elders are being attended with marked success.
"Letter from George Quayle Cannon, 24 February 1863," p. 6, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/lXD7