The Brigham Young Center

Salt Lake City. U.T.
13 October 1870.

Prest. H.S. Eldredge
Liverpool, England
Dear Brother:

I should be pleased to have Brother Ralph Thompson, now laboring in the British Mission honorably released, with permission to return home. It may be possible that there are other Elders, whose time, owing to the present impoverished condition of the mission, is spent with but little advantage to themselves, or profit to the people over whom they may be called to preside. Would it not be well to release such from the care of small conferences, over which native brethren might preside, and either appoint these Elders from Zion, to new fields of labor where the gospel has not been preached or release them to return home.

At our late Conference Elders Lorin Farr and John I Hart of Ogden, Wm. L. Paine of Kaysville, and Charles Lambert of Salt Lake City were called on missions to Europe. These brethren will all bear their own expenses to and from their mission and Elder Lambert desires the privelege of visiting his friends At the meeting during Conference at which the authorities of the Church were presented to the Congregation, my resignation as the President of the Perpetual Emigration <Fund> Co. was accepted by the thousands present, and I presented your name to the people to fill that Office, which nomination was unanimously sustained. No brethren were appointed to assist you, this being left to your consideration, when circumstances shall render it needful for other Elders to be called to aid you in the duties appertaining to this position. The brethren of the First Presidency were also released by the Vote of the Conference from all duties not incidental to their calling in the presidency of the Church, so that they may be enabled to devote the whole of their time to traveling amongst the Saints, preaching the Gospel and visiting the settlements.

Enclosed with this, please find a list of persons whom I wish emigrated as soon as it is possible for you to do so, after receiving this note. To enable you to accomplish this you are at liberty to borrow the necessary means to carry these emigrants across the Ocean to New York, and to draw a draft on me at ten days sight for two thousand (2,000.00) dollars, or whatever less amount you may require for this purpose, or it is probable that Mess. Guion & Co. will accept this draft at the discount prevailing at the time, in payment of the passage money and thus obviate the necessity of borrowing. Elder Staines will start east in few days to meet the company at New York and will take with him sufficient means to pay the railroad fare from that place westward.

With constant prayers that you may be blessed and prospered on your Mission
I remain,

Your Brother in the Gospel.
Brigham Young