Brother W. Woo^d^ruff. Sir, your Letter of the 9th of March, dire- cted to Bishop Partridge, Presidents Joseph Smith Jr, Sidney Rigdon, ^and^ Hyram Smith, and the Saints in Zion, came safely to them, some day's since. aAnd on account of the press of business now on their hands, ^and the request of J Smi◊th Jr,^ I have taken it upon me to answer it. You say, that you have heard of the deplorable state of things in Kirtland; and it gave me much Joy to learn by ...

How blind and infatuated are the minds of men, when once turned from Rigteousness to wickedness? They did not understand, that by taking upon them the name of Latter day Saints, did not do away that of the Church of Christ. Neither did they consider, that the ancient church, was the Church of Christ, and that they were Saints. And again, it appears that they did not consider the Prophesy, of Daniel, which saith; ^says^ "The saints shall take the Kingom" [Daniel 7:18] &c "Again, "the Kingdom, and ...

5th, and after lbouring dilegently three days in succession, it was unanim- ously agreed upon, that the town pPlatt, with 4 ^four^ eighties adjacent to the platt, should be at the disposal of the Bishop and his council the High Council, the two presidents, and the two apostles. During this labour the two presidents acknoledged they were wrong, and they to all appearance willingly suffered themselves to be corrected by the Council. In the begining of May following, the Council again met, and resolved to to have the above m^n^amed property transfered into the hands of the bishop ...

[sideways text] P. S. Since Br Joseph Came to this place, we have been favored with a lengthy revelation, in which many important items are shown forth! First. that the Church, shall hereafter be Called "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints" [Doctrine and Covenants 115:4] Seceond it saith ^says^ "Let the City Farwest be a holy and a consecrated land unto me, and it shall be called most holy, for the ground upon which thou standest is holy: Tharefore, I com[mand] you to build ...