Rachel Thompson Atkin

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    [sideways text] answered [end of sideways text] L. D. S. Historian's Office, P. O. Box 321, Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug 19 1887 Brother & Sister Atkins After a full day council on important business I seat my self at the table to answer your kind Letter of Aug 14 G Q. is walking the floor, J. F. S. Reading the Newspaper and [Ressiton] has gone into the Tithing yard to see what two Marshals are ...
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    August 19, 1887
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    Brother Atkin Asabel is about to build him a House to put a wife in in the S. E. cornor of Emmas Lot He wants to put a concret or grout foundation 2 1/2 feet or so to the top of the ground will you please state to me asin a Letter wwhow that should be made He is thinking of Drawing the clops of granite from the from the Temple Block instead of common granite How would that do what proportion of Lime ...
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    from the Office Marshalls a Little to Farmiliar I am now as Near the Banks of Jordan as you are to the Virgin for a short time I got a Letter from Br Cottam spoke at the Sudden Death of Br Wm Smith at the Temple I go to provo to night with Em & children to visit Clara for 2 days I have ben troubled for few days with the Diahrea but keep to business ...
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    [sideways text] answered June 24th [end of sideways text] PRESIDENT'S OFFICE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, P. O. BOX B. Salt Lake U. T. June 11 1888 Brother & Sister Atkin Dear friends Your interesting Letter of the 5 is before me and I take 4 minutes to answer G Q is with me, and Brother Mack J. F. S. is in the city from washington we shall be ...
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    June 11, 1888
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    but inasmuch as they are on the warpath they must find them if they can I dont know whare the End is but it must come to an End some time there is No world without a home. My Family are Generally will I have suffered the most of anyone for a Month with a severe cold on My Lungs I have caughed some of the time evry Minute for 24 hours without any sleep but I am better Now though still cough some but fell some better attend to business set up some of the time untill ...
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    [sideways text] answered [end of sideways text] PRESIDENT'S OFFICE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, P. O. BOX B. Salt Lake U. T. Dec. 23 1887 Dear Brother & Sister Atkin I got Brother Williams Letter of the 16 I was glad to hear from you and that all was well with you. I am thankful to say that I have got over my cold & cough I[t] followed me vary Hard for one Month But I Enjoy vary good health at present ...
    Dates:
    December 23, 1887
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    Answered PRESIDENT'S OFFICE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, P. O. BOX B. Salt Lake U. T. July 26, 1888 Brother & Sister Atkin Dear friends I Received Wm vary interesting Letter of June 24 and Read it with much interest And as I have told you before I can ownly steal a few moments to scribble off a few lines in answer if I did not do this myself myany of my Letters would go unanswered for it is all ...
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    July 26, 1888
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    April Rd 28th. answered PRESIDENT'S OFFICE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, P. O. BOX B. Salt Lake City, U. T. April 23rd 1888. Elder Wm Atkin, Bloomington, Washington Co. Dear Brother: I have laying before me your letter of April 8th, in which you give an account of the visitation of the Marshals at St. George and a list of those arrested. You also speak of the fine appearance of the country around ...
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    April 23, 1888
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    PRESIDENT'S OFFICE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, P. O. BOX B. Salt Lake U. T. May 23, 1888 Wm Atkins Dear Brother Your Letter of May 8 is before me I was pleased to hear from you and to learn that Sister Atkins had got Well again and that William had the board out of his side and that his ribs were better. I hope He will get well I went to Manti to assist ...
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    May 23, 1888
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    Law Suit and all Church affairs taken together Keepe me vary busy (Private I was vary sorry to learn of D H Cannons affairs I was in hopes He had age & Experience Enough to keep out of such scrapes as that) As to Sulivan I dont know much about, his operation may be in his Line I dont think He is much of a Saint Our Law- suit has not Done much of Late I Expect sumthing will soon be done in it We are having vary cold Weather Thermomter 16 degrees Below Zero in ...