The Brigham Young Center

G. S. L. City, March 8 1864

Elder Joseph W. Young care of Wm. W. Pyper
Omaha, N. T.

Dear Brother:-

Br's James Townsend and Brigham W. Kimball start by stage in the morning on their mission to Europe, and I improve the opportunity by forwarding you a few lines.

On the 2nd inst. I received a note from a Mr. J. P. Black, Omaha, with bill enclosed, stating that I owed him $75 oo/100 for a 4 1/2 Stewart cook stove, extention top, purchased of him last summer through my nephew John R. Young. I know nothing about the matter only that I have in my house a stove answering that discription, but I can learn about it from John R.; in the meantime please pay Mr. Black $75 00/100 and take his receipt.

Yesterday, 7th, I telegraphed you as follows:-- "Buy at once a hundred thousand pounds of flour at three dollars a hundred. I should not buy any cattle at present; perhaps buy a little bacon for the first companies." As Bishop Sharp and others will need flour to return them probably as far as Green River, it will doubtless be best to exceed that amount, whenever you have a chance to buy good flour at a cheap rate, say until you secure some seventy five tons, or whatever may be needed to Green river, as it will be much cheaper to buy there than to send it from here, even provided another harvest should furnish us the flour to send.

Bear in mind to telegraph freely the prices of flour, bacon, cattle, wagons, and all items of interest or importance.

Please calculate for having the organ and boiler brought with the trains.

We shall send a mule train which will take our Missionaries, and shall wish it loaded back with articles first needed here, and perhaps with some freight for br's. Hooper & Eldredge. Probably br. H. B. Clawson's mower and reaper had better come through in the mule train, if it is there in time. Ever bear in mind that neither my name nor initials are to be placed on any boxes, packages, goods merchandize, or other property of any discription.

We were much pleased to learn of your <safe> arrival in Omaha, and of the blessings extended to all the brethren upon their journey, to latest date, and trust in a continuance of all needed blessings for the successful prosecution of your important duties.

All well and doing well, so far as I am advised, and all quiet.

God bless you,
Your Brother in the Gospel,

Brigham Young


P. S.

I have received your telegraph from Nebraska City dated to day March 8th.

If you have a good chance to secure an eligible property for our use in Wyoming, in your own name, or in Joseph A Young's name, it will be well to do so. I also wish you to give me a discription of Wyoming, and of the facilities of the country round about; and if there is a Post Office there, how many inhabitants, and whether it is the place we were speaking of before you left

B. Y.