April 16, 1845 ~ Wednesday April 16th [FIGURE] 10 P I went to the office & carried £40 which I had recieved at the conference for the covenants, Temple & Emegra tion. On my arival there I recieved 4 Letters one from President Young, one from Elder P. P. Pratt one from Father Carter, & one from Glasgow. the three letters from America were full of interest Br Young speaks of the Progress of the Temple & ...

Privilege of meeting with my Dear wife & children I found them all well as could be expected they like myself had a hard voyage across the ocean they were 9 weeks & 4 days on the Passage and ownly got Home A few days before me. we were all Happy to meet Here I met my wife And all my children for over one year Here Parents & Children also meet I spent the night once more with my family distance from St Louis ...