Dear Bro. Woodruff, Kanesville Nov. 11th 1848. Your letter from Long Island was nice this evening, and I hasten to Say to you that you should have written to Orson Pratt the Same Statements that you have written to me. He is the presiding officer of the Church in England, and Littlefield, it appears, has returned there and is under Bro. Pratts immediate jurisdiction. Such conduct as he is guilty of to all appea[rances], should be ...

dishonorably before God or Man in any political Step that I have taken. And if evil come upon me or upon our people here, A. W. Babbitt's falsehoods and misrepresentations will be the cause of it. Let this be had in remembrance by all the Saints. A long letter is due to you from me, but time will Not allow me to write much. I hope to be able to Speak with a thousand tongues by and by. We are all well, & good news from the valley. We now have plenty ...

St LOUIS MO. NOV 28 10 Mr. Wilford Woodruff Boston Scarborough Mass Maine [upside-down text] Orson Hyde Kaneville Nov 11th 1848 Answered Dec 24th 1848 [end of upside-down text]