Letter to Charles Coulson Rich, 4 October 1856
Dear Brother C. C. Rich,
Your favor of Sept 8th came to
hand on the 1st inst. It is a general time of health throughout
the Territory so far as we can learn.
Your collections of fruit and flowers will be thankfully
received, and care taken to preserve and propogate from them.
Bro Bullock started on his mission to England on the 10th ult,
and requested Bro Leo Hawkins to receive all fruit cuttings & intended
for him.
There has been, and is a great spirit of reformation throughout
the Territory, especially in Davis County, some of the wards in
that county stepping forth to a man and requesting rebaptism.
Prest Grant baptised upwards of eighty with his own hands.
We never have had such pointed, plain and strong ^mormon^ sermons since
the foundation of the Church, as are now preached by the
Presidency on this subject.
On the 26th ult, the Presidency, with the Brass Band,
a detachment of the Lancers, and a number of the citizens
left the city at 9 a. m., to meet the Hand Cart Companies under
Elders E. Ellsworth and Daniel D. McArthur, they met them
at the foot of the little mountain, and escorted them into the city,
where they arrived about 5 1/2 P.M. The feelings of the brethren on
meeting them cannot be described; their hearts were so full that
they could not find utterance. The brethren in the different wards
dealt out provisions &c liberally to them. We feel that it is
