June 12, 1837 ~ Monday June 12th I took the parting hand with Elders Page & Blakesley & many other saints & travled in company with 6 other brethren to the branch of church in leeds distance 30 miles We met together in the evening at Brother Carnes & bore testimony to the work in which we are ingaged Elders John Goodson, H. Hale M Holmes & John Snider followed each other in testimony ...

Kingston U. P C. Upper Canida June 14th ^1837^ Dear friend for your consolation I sit down to drop a few lines to you to inform you that we are all well &c. our conference is closed & we are on our way to Connecticut we had a glorious time the spirit of God was poured out upon us all I preached on Sunday the 11th in the forepart of the Day when I closed five presented themselves for Baptism Elder Page administered ...

as soon as you get our letters Elder Hale is now writing by my side to Sister Hale I sent you [ink spot] my letter by Brother Gribble which letter you will get with this as I said before so say I again if yoy have Kirtland Money bring it with you & what [courant] money you can I am still as anxious as ever that you should meet me at the Camaan Church in Connecticut it seems ...

Canaan July 9th. 1837 Dear Willford Haveing just returned from meeting with brother Smith and wife where I was expecting to see you as brother Smith was expecting you and brother Hale to be there I learned that you was gone to Farmington and wished to know when I arrived in the this place I would just say that I got here (to brother Smith’s) yesterday about noon. had a good passage was out ten days. was detained on the way 2 days. came alone from ...