St. Louis, 20th March, 1855President Franklin D. Richards.

Dear Brother--I take this opportunity of writing to let you know of our safe arrival at this place. We landed at New Orleans on the 28th of February, and started up the river on the steam-boat called "Saranak" on the 1st of March, all of our company together, with the exception of two, who for want of means stayed in New Orleans. Our lives were spared, and we had a prosperous passage across the ocean. We had two severe gales of wind, and a heavy sea, but met with not losses or accidents, only the ripping of one of the main-sails. No sickness, only the seasickness. We held our meetings every evening for prayer to our Heavenly Father, and bearing testimony to the work of God, and speaking one to another of the things of the Kingdom of God; and we were blessed with a good spirit, which caused us to rejoice and be glad in our hearts that we were on our way to the land of Joseph, and the gathering place of the Saints of the Most High.

We were sixteen days on the river. On the evening of the 11th, she ran upon a "snag" about 65 miles below Cairo, and were obliged to discharge the greatest part of her cargo, and then put it back again. This gave the brethren an opportunity to have some work, which enabled them to obtain some means when they landed here. There is a good prospect of them getting work. It is somewhat difficult to get rooms at the present time. The weather here is very cold at present, and frosty.

I add no more at present, but remain yours in the covenant of grace.

[The above came to us without signature, but we suppose Elder Samuel Glasgow, president of the company that sailed on the Rockaway, was the writer --Ed. Star.] [p.271]

BIB: Glasgow, Samuel. [Letter] Latter-day Saints' Millennial
Star. 17:17 (April 28, 1855) p.271. (CHL)
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