The Brigham Young Center

Great Salt Lake City Oct. 1.st 1862.

Elder Erastus Snow,
St George, Washington Co., U. T.,

Dear Brother:

Myself and company reached home in good health and spirits on the 25th ult., having enjoyed a pleasant and I trust mutually beneficial trip.

As I have already informed you, I wish you and the brethren to build, as speedily as possible, a good, substantial, commodious, well finished meetinghouse, one large enough to comfortably seat at least 2000 persons, and that will be not only useful but also an ornament to your city and a credit to your energy and enterprise. To assist you in a work so laudible and necessary, I hereby place at your disposal, expressly to aid in building the aforesaid meeting house, the labor, molasses, vegetable, and grain tithing of Cedar City and of all places and persons south of that City. I hope you will begin the building at the earliest practicable date, and be able, with the aid herein given, to speedily prosecute the work to completion.

The immigrating companies arrive in excellent spirits and condition, with oxen looking well. All are expected to arrive before rough weather, the freight train being the rear and will probably be in about 20th of this month.

Our Fair will open to=morrow in the State House (formerly Council House), to which many are now conveying articles.

The weather continues fine, and wood, coal, and harvests are busily being secured.--

Your Brother in the Gospel,

Brigham Young