Show information WANTED it if joseph Col lineen having friends named aun ann reed jred byker by her newcastle upon tyne Eugin nu wm win confer with J W taylor twenty second streets ogden utah he be hear something of pral in tue way of property left him alm through tue the death ul ui his br kocl at joseph joeeph boroff of elkhart Elk bart logan county illinois has baa written a letter tr tile the NEWS with be hope bop of log ing the whereabouts of C C birons whom he be believes to be it utah any person who is ie able to div him the will wili colfer a great lavor javor upon uon him by to the above address we give herewith two letters of inquiry fk fr information reg regarding ardil rela who came steg in eaily day and concerning whom some utah peu nu pie may have some that will be aco to the inquirers out our of the letters aJor eBBed tu wilford woodruff says eay my object in writing is u to obtain information in regard to the whereabouts of charleu charles Chap chapmans mans family my brother edward chapman aa was in suit late ouy city on en route rouie for in 1849 charles chapman had started for california a few weeks week before my brother got to salt lake city my brother saw mrs charles chapman and nd her two daughters we heard from them occasionally but during the war we lost all trace irace of the them in last april a man came to my PI place ace claiming to be charles chapman he baid he was waa a son of charles chapman our uncle he told us his father was still alive he also told us many things that happened in our families long ago when we were living in the east part of michigan 1 he was a very peculiar man stayed a few days and left us just as mysteriously as he be came we could not noi find out where he came from or where he be went B be e claimed he came from waple low county iowa but we wrote thre th re and lound found no such family living there charles chapman was a brother to my fw fa her whose name was jesse chapman now we want to 10 find uncle charless family if it ft is a possible thing on important business if you will be so kind as to assist us JESSE CHAPMAN ALAMO kalamazoo county michigan I 1 be written lu i george Q baudon Ga unon and to is as follows fol lowe I 1 take the liberty libert v to ask you if you ever heard of my i uncle mr joel sands or know him and enclose a copy of his last loiter letter I 1 had maid letter published in the nauvoo independent bul bui without success we lound it among a lot of papers the property of our mother and it is in irom from her only brother whom we have never heard from since the letter not knowing if he is living or dead and it is in of the greatest importance to us tie now to get reliable news newa about him if you on would kindly take the trouble to boluk look the records up and give me any information aboul him you would confer a great favor SAMUEL 1433 chestnut Chesi nut street philadelphia pa the col coi y of 0 jot joel 1 sauna teller readle NAUVOO ill jan dear brother I 1 received your leter and am happy to hear irom from you all I 1 eold bold my mill last week for nine hundred and eighty dollars they take lake the first of april next I 1 have rented the mill to the temple committee for 40 a month in cash I 1 imand to go along in the spring to lo california Cali lorma the saw mill irons I 1 reserved which I 1 shall take along and also gnat mill irons I 1 take three wagons ana five yoke ol of oxen I 1 expect the preference of the water privilege i here hare we are going to francisco iaco bay there is one ship load of mormons cormons leave new york on the ath of this mouth month tor for Can california fornia the mormons cormons are making three thousand new wagons at nauvoo we will cross the missouri at council bluffs and from thence go along the river platte and then through the gap of i he rocky Mountain sand then a southwest course the bay is very narrow at the mouth and the banks three hundred feet high on each side of solid rock and neaily perpendicular and the inside la is large enough to anchor all the vessels in the world there is plenty wild wheat and outs oats growing in abundance I 1 am well and hope you pre are all the name write as soon as you can so I 1 bid ta la rewell to you all I 1 go to seek a happy home boine on i he coast ol of the pacific no more at ai pree ut yours JOEL SANDS if any one here la Is able tu furi tish the d fr information it is ie hoped a prompt response will be made to the th ii direct at the office lice tore alses given |