While in Nauvoo I was ordained one of the committee to build the Nauvoo house,
one of the twelve, and one of the fifties. Father Smith in my patriarckical blessing
pronounced me to be of the lineage of Joseph who was sold into Egypt ^without^ mixture
of blood. Simeon Carter done the same while washing my feet in the house of ^the Lord^
Joseph blessed me many times while in jail and prophesied m^u^ch on my head
and give me much good instruction which is long to be remembered. This makes
a summary of my ordinations, and the revelation that I should continue to preach
for Zion till the Lord should take me to himself. I only ask that I may have
the priveiledge of fulfiling them honerably so that I can give an honerable account
to my Saviour and Br Joseph in a coming day. I say had the twelve stood in
there place I would have been glad to have cooperated with them but
immediately after receiving those insults from the stand I received a letter
from the eleven teling me to mind my own business and they would
mind theirs, which gave me to understand there was now an entire seperation
And to show you that I have been obedient to this command. If you
should requst any further corespondence I will then comme[n]ce at the
date of that letter and give my journal down to the pre^s^ant date.

It is so extremely dificult to give any thing like a journal of my
life ^in this hurried maner^ that I should regret very much to have any part of it published
untill it can all be published in good order. I know of nothing of an
earthly nature that would pleace me any better than to spend six or twelve
month with my beloved Br Js Wilford Woodruff in preparing my life and
journal together with many geographical skectches for the press, be assured
those days and hours you speak of have been held as sacred by me as they
could be by you, and I can heartily wish to spend an eternity to gether with
that increasing friendship ^that^ then existed. And as to my ^belief^ in Mormonism
I have never wavered one hair, but have grown with its grown wit[h] its growth
and still preach it with unabated force, and as for my moral character I am
read to put it beside those who feel so much beyound me, and as for
the company with me I am willing to have them catechised upon
Mormonism by your most experenced or adapt critics, and I verily believe
they would ^be^ great service to you in this critical hour.

While in Nauvoo I was ordained one of the committee to build the Nauvoo house, one of the twelve, and one of the fifties. Father Smith in my patriarckical blessing pronounced me to be of the lineage of Joseph who was sold into Egypt without mixture of blood. Simeon Carter done the same while washing my feet in the house of the Lord Joseph blessed me many times while in jail and prophesied much on my head and give me much good instruction which is long to be remembered. This makes a summary of my ordinations, and the revelation that I should continue to preach for Zion till the Lord should take me to himself. I only ask that I may have the priviledge of fulfiling them honerably so that I can give an honerable account to my Saviour and Br Joseph in a coming day. I say had the twelve stood in there place I would have been glad to have cooperated with them but immediately after receiving those insults from the stand I received a letter from the eleven teling me to mind my own business and they would mind theirs, which gave me to understand there was now an entire seperation And to show you that I have been obedient to this command. If you should requst any further corespondence I will then commence at the date of that letter and give my journal down to the presant date.

It is so extremely dificult to give any thing like a journal of my life in this hurried maner that I should regret very much to have any part of it published untill it can all be published in good order. I know of nothing of an earthly nature that would pleace me any better than to spend six or twelve month with my beloved Br Wilford Woodruff in preparing my life and journal together with many geographical skectches for the press, be assured those days and hours you speak of have been held as sacred by me as they could be by you, and I can heartily wish to spend an eternity to gether with that increasing friendship that then existed. And as to my belief in Mormonism I have never wavered one hair, but have grown with its grown with its growth and still preach it with unabated force, and as for my moral character I am read to put it beside those who feel so much beyound me, and as for the company with me I am willing to have them catechised upon Mormonism by your most experenced or adapt critics, and I verily believe they would be great service to you in this critical hour.