The Brigham Young Center

Salt Lake City, U. T.
Sept. 14. 1869.

Elder A. Carrington
42 Islington, Liverpool, England.

Dear Bro:-

Yours of 26th August came to hand yesterday. I am always glad to hear from you. I again learn from your letter that you are exceedingly short of funds to meet the drafts from my office upon you. You state that you have paid of my drafts since you took hold of the business £7295. and drawn on me only £1805 in return. leaving you a credit balance of £5490. or some $37,000 which you have paid more than you have drawn on me, but I have had the following money sent to you to aid you in paying my drafts. viz:-- Jan. 27. 1869 Currency sent to Jno. J. Cisco & Son to purchase sterling for you $25000.00 Amounts sent to Staines in all, equal to $25120.00 making a total of Fifty Thousand One Hundred and Twenty C'y dollars, which is $13000. more than you have paid of my drafts, but it will take this and $10000 more to bring out the list of persons I have ordered, hence, if we get our money in I will try and send you that amount, at an early day.

The donations received here this season do not amount all told to over Fifteen Thousand Dollars, and the assistance on the list ordered by me will take all of that amount, but inasmuch as you have expended, as your letter states, the sum of £3442. or some $23000. C'y dollars <independent of my list> in assisting the poor at large, out of the money I have sent you, I will do all that I can to help you out, and I do not wish you to worry your mind about it, as all will be right

On the 3d inst I telegraphed you of the amount sent to bro Stains, and send the persons on the List ordered by me, and as bro Staines also writes that he has had to aid the Scandinavians to the amount of Five Thousand dollars, on the 8th inst. I telegraphed him to hold every dollar <I had> sent to him to your order, or send it to you,-- <to meet my drafts> which idea had also been given to him with every remittance, that there might be no misunderstanding as to the use of the funds sent to him.

The company of 443 per Minnesota started from Omaha yesterday at noon.

You may be interested to learn that I have purchased from Wurdemann at Washington D. C. an excellent portable Astronomical Transit Instrument by which we get our true time with more accuracy and ease than it was obtained by the Sextant.

The prospects of obtaining the Iron and Rolling Stock for the Utah Central are all the time improving, and when the line is running and my railroad indebtedness mutually cleared off I shall feel much relieved.

Ever praying for your welfare and that of all Israel I remain your brother,

Brigham Young