spirits. he sends his love to you and family. Elder Lewis Robbins & Elder Dunn & wife are now sitting
by my side; they send their respts to yourself &
family. I hope you will not sctop in the valley
long when there is such a great worke to
be done abroad. The work is rolling on in this
country. About eleven thousand baptized during the
last 17 months. I am now making preparations
to increase the circulation of the Star from 5000
to between 20 and 30000 by reducing the retail
from 2 and ^a^ half pence to onepenny. The prospects
of carrying these these arrangments into effect are
very good. We shall probably issue ^every forth half month^ 20000 or more
during the last six months of the present vol. An
immence deal of good can be done through the
press. We have several native preachers in French
on the channel Islands between England & France
The ship "JosiahBradlee" sails from this port
to-morrow loaded with saints—262 souls. The
ship "Argo" saild on the ninth of Jany—402 souls
saints. I shall send out another ship the last of
this month. I have just succeeded in renewing
my "passagebroker'slicence," by giving, according to the
new law, a bond with towo good sureties of 1000 dollars.
Farewell, May heaven bless you & your family is the prayer
of your fellow labourer in the gospel.
spirits. he sends his love to you and family. Elder
Lewis Robbins & Elder Dunn & wife are now sitting
by my side; they send their respects to yourself &
family. I hope you will not stop in the valley
long when there is such a great work to
be done abroad. The work is rolling on in this
country. About eleven thousand baptized during the
last 17 months. I am now making preparations
to increase the circulation of the Star from 5000
to between 20 and 30000 by reducing the retail
from 2 and a half pence to onePenny. The prospects
of carrying these arrangments into effect are
very good. We shall probably issue every half month 20000 or more
during the last six months of the present vol. An
immence deal of good can be done through the
press. We have several native preachers in French
on the channel Islands between England & France
The ship "JosiahBradlee" sails from this port
to-morrow loaded with saints—262 souls. The
ship"Argo" saild on the ninth of Jany—402 souls
saints. I shall send out another ship the last of
this month. I have just succeeded in renewing
my "Passagebroker'slicence," by giving, according to the
new law, a bond with two good sureties of 1000 dollars.
Farewell, May heaven bless you & your family is the prayer
of your fellow labourer in the gospel.
"Letter from Orson Pratt and Sarah Marinda Bates Pratt, 4 February 1850," p. 4, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 2, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/vloV