, Letter, , Lancashire, England, to First Presidency (including JS) and Quorum of the Twelve, , Hancock Co., IL, 4 Oct. 1843; handwriting of ; dockets in handwriting of and Jonathan Grimshaw; three pages; JS Collection, CHL.
had much time as yet to Enquoire in to those maters in consequence of the mulitued [multitude] of Buisnes in unl[o]ading our freight from Ship Bord
The Breatheren that come with me wish me to say to those Whoom it may concern that they are well and will in a few days leave for their fields of Labor I shall write to you once a mo[n]th, no preventing Providenc, and should B[e] glad to have you write to me as often and give me your advise and Council Relating to those things you in your wisdom m[a]y think Benefisal to the Saints and Emigration in this land I wish would forword to me the amount of the numbers that will make the Volume of the times and Season Complet by the first opertunity by so Doing I Can Sell the 200 Vollumes to advantage I will try to forward to him what I can of obtain for the times & Season all redy hear if it should be thought wisdom to Repr[int] the times and Seasons hear I wish would Be particular to Lend so that we could obtain them if posable I am informed by that they have not Recevd any inteligenc <from you> since last Febuary I wish you would write me your mind onthe things <Concerning> the Printing immedeatly on the Recept of this Sheet. So that our communication with the Saints in may not be stop[p]ed long
I am as ever your humble Servent in the Bonds of the
to the first presidency & Quorum of the twelve apostles— [p. [3]]