Cambridgeport Mass Sept 12, 1849 Elder Badlam Dear Sir As Brother & Sister Baldwin are about to take there departure from this port for the Bay of San Francisco I thought it my duty to impose every opportunity of writing to you. I sent you a long Letter by the Last Steemers which you will of course got a long time before you get this, Brother Baldwin seemed to have a door opened to go to San Francisco so He has excepted of it. There has not ...

half are supposed to be reported 4 died in one family with Cholera in that long House on Hamond Street East of us, Portland has been the scene of great confusion for several days by a mob of 500 men mostly Sailors fisher fishermen, capt. &c gathered against one King a Black man who keeps several bad Houses, the parties have fought with cannon & small arms. some have been shot dead 20 or 30 wounded two of the Houses burned down. The military are finally called out, & stoped it ...

trunks, Boxes, & every thing of his own & all that anyone els sent by him from the east, all the goods that He packed up at your House, what He got for the Seventies Hall, & all of Sister Sayers property & her Husband were all lost after they left St Louis for the Bluffs I think it was by the sinking of a boat. Brother page is now expecting to go to Indianna this fall with his family. Elder pearce is now out of work & has ...

Mr Allexander Badlam San Francisco Upper Calafornia [written in upside-down text] W. Woodruff Cambridgeport Sept 12 1849 [end of upside-down text]