on behalf of JS, Letter, , Hancock Co., IL, to , [, Hancock Co., IL], 12 Dec. 1843; handwriting of ; signature of JS in handwriting of ; docket in unidentified handwriting; one page; JS Collection, CHL.
Your Petition of a Special Conference of last November has been received, duly considered, and is granted. you have my best wishes in your behalf, as well as my prayers: that you may fill so honorable and exalted a Station with the dignity, sobriety, and grace which has hitherto characterized your conduct, and communion with men, as a Man of God.