Elizabeth Davies (1829 - 1890) Profile

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A Letter to Presidents W. S. Phillips and John Davis

A Letter to Presidents W. S. Phillips and John Davis, June 22, 1852.

A Letter to Presidents W. S. Phillips and John Davis
 
<center>Pottowatamie, [Pottawattamie] June 22, 1852.</center>
Dear Brothers Phillips and Davis,
I take the present opportunity to write to you from Pottowatamie. The Welsh branch has begun its journey toward the Great Salt Lake Valley, with some of the English and the French in the company. Fifty wagons make up the camp and are divided in five groups, that is, ten wagons in each group, and there is a captain over each ten wagons; also, a captain over the whole camp. I shall name those whom you know—Capt. D[avid]. Evans, Llanelli, the first; John Rees, blacksmith, formerly from near Pont Haiarn, Merthyr Tydfil, the second. H. Evans, former president of West Glamorgan, the third; [John William] Coward, the fourth; the fifth, you do not know him. William Beddoe, brickman, formerly from Pendaren, is the scribe of the camp, and Abel Evans is captain of the guards, and the writer is the servant of the whole camp. I have written three letters, and according to that which I heard from Bro. Evans, they have not reached their destination.
All the Saints are in good health, each one with his tent house as white as snow; and we would be glad if our brothers and sisters, many whom we know, were closer to us to get to see the truth of the word which is like this: "A country flowing with milk," etc. Much milk in our camp is thrown out as casually as is the bathwater used by three or four Merthyr colliers. We have more than we can use, and there is no one close by in need of it.
Rachel Rowlands, Hirwaun, is improving well; she and William's two daughters are in the camp on their journey to the Valley, together with Thomas Morris and Ann, my sister; thanks to you for sending them across. I shall make an end now; you shall have more of our story after we have crossed the river.
<center>I am in haste, William Morgan.</center>

Transcript for Morgan, William, "A Letter [June 22, 1852] to Presidents W. S. Phillips and John Davis," in Ronald D. Dennis, The Call of Zion: The Story of the First Welsh Mormon Emigration [1987], 233

A Letter to Presidents W. S. Phillips and John Davis.

"R.J. Williams Dies From Heart Attack," Washington County News

"R.J. Williams Dies From Heart Attack," Washington County News, February 9, 1933.

"R.J. Williams Dies From Heart Attack," Washington County News.

"Reese J. Williams Final Rites Held in St. George," Iron County Record

"Reese J. Williams Final Rites Held in St. George," Iron County Record, February 16, 1933.

"Reese J. Williams Final Rites Held in St. George," Iron County Record.

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Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom

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