The English army in India have defeated
the Sykes in two pitched battles, 9,000 Sykes
& 4000 N English fell in one battle the
particulars of the other we have not yet
recieved, but the English was victorious, and
when the news reached London, votes of
thanks were taken in parliament, and
the cannon roared from the tower.
They are now sending soldiers & artilery to Canada, & calling ship carpenters into the
Dock yards to finish their war ships as
speedily as possibly. I believe firmly that
should the Twelve deem it wisdom to lay
our Base before the British government
that they would notice it, & at least
comment upon it, which would bring
it into notice. Indeed I have been asked
by Gentlemen not in the Church why
we do not memorialize the British Government;
There has been a great many ship whrecks
this winter & hundreds of lives lost.
The weather has been extremely mild, the
ground has not been covered with snow
but twice & that only for a few hours
and scarcely any frost, the people say
they never knew it so before. provisions
are verry dear which makes it verry hard for the poor.
The English Army in India have defeated
the Sykes in two pitched battles, 9,000 Sykes
& 4000 English fell in one battle the
particulars of the other we have not yet
recieved, but the English was victorious, and
when the news reached London, votes of
thanks were taken in parliament, and
the cannon roared from the tower.
They are now sending soldiers & artilery to
Canada, & calling ship carpenters into the
dock yards to finish their war ships as
speedily as possibly. I believe firmly that
should the Twelve deem it wisdom to lay
our Base before the British government
that they would notice it, & at least
comment upon it, which would bring
it into notice. Indeed I have been asked
by Gentlemen not in the Church why
we do not memorialize the British Government;
There has been a great many ship wrecks
this winter & hundreds of lives lost.
The weather has been extremely mild, the
ground has not been covered with snow
but twice & that only for a few hours
and scarcely any frost, the people say
they never knew it so before. provisions
are verry dear which makes it verry hard for the poor.
"Letter from Elisha Hildebrand Davis, 27 March 1846," p. 4, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/XoJV