Sample Documents from the Series

LETTER TO HYRUM SMITH

3–4 MARCH 1831

Letter, JS, Kirtland, Ohio, to Hyrum Smith, Harpersville, New York, 3 Marrch 1831, ALS, JS Collection, Church History Library. Endorsed “Kirtland Mills O / 9 March / 25 [cents of postage].”

Kirtland g<G>eauga County Ohio

March 3^th 1831

Brother Hyram

we arived here safe and are all well I hav[e] been ingageed in regulating the Churches here as the deciples are numerous and the devil had made many att<e>mpts to over throw them it has been a serious Job but the Lord is with us and we have overcome and have all things regular the work is brakeing forth on the <right> hand and on the left and there is a great Call for Elders in this place we hav[e] recieved a leter from Olover [Oliver Cowdery] dated independence Jackson County Missoury<i> January the 29th 1831 these are the words which he has written saying — My dealy dearly beloved bretheren after a considerable lengthy journy I arived avail myself of the first opertunity of communicating to you a knowledge of our situation that you may be priviledged of writing to us for we have not heard any thing from you since we left you last fall we arived here at this place a few days since which is about 25 miles from the Shawney indians on the south side of the Kansas River at its mouth & delewares on the north I have had two intervi<e>ws with the Chief of that that the delewares who is <a> very old & venerable looking man after haveing laying bf before him & eighteen or twenty of the Council of that nation the truth he said that <he> he and they he and they were very glad for what I their Brother had told them and they had recived it in their hearts &c--But how the matter will go with this tribe to me is uncirtain nether Can I at presen<t> Conclude mutch about it the wether is mutch is quite severe and the snow is Considerable deep which makes it at present quite dificcult traveling about I have but a short time to write to you my b[e]loved Bretheren as the mail leves thi[s] place in morni the morning [p. 1]

but I wish some of you to write <to> me immediately a full letter of all your affairs and then I will write to you the situation of all the western tribes &c thus reads most of the letter Saying to us the god of my father Jacob be with you all amen I remain in Christ your Brother forever

My Dearly Beloved Brother Hyrum

I <have> had much Concirn about you but I always remember you in your <my> prayers Calling upon god to keep <you> Safe in spite <of> men or devils I think <you> had better Come into this Country immediately for the Lord has Commanded us that we should Call the Elders of this Chursh to gether unto this plase as soon as possable

March forth |.| this morning after being Colled out of my bed in the night to go a small distance I went and had and an awful strugle with satan <but> being armed with the power of g<G>od he was cast out and this woman is Clothed in hir right mind the Lord worketh wonders in this land

I want to see you all may the grace of g<G>od be and abide with you all

even so Amen

your Brother forever

PS if you want to to write to Oliver direct your letter direct your to independence Jackson County misoury<i>