Copy of a letter from Abraham to his brother, Jacob T. Hunsaker:

Honeyville Boxelder Co. Utah
Sept. 7, 1884

Beloved Br. Jacob T.

It is with feeling of a brother long sincelost that I sit down to wright you a few lines. All is well with your brother Abraham, your elder Brother. I received a letter from you a month or two since. I hope you will excuse me for not writen sooner. I have bin waiting to see if things would shape so that I could come to see you all but it seams as tho things are harder for me to come their at present as you allready know that I have a large family to care for [and] have only 3 small boys to doo my farming, no large ones to look after things, besides we as a people have the gosple to preach to all nations, Tongo, and all people white or black before the coming of the Lord Jesus and his coming is near.

It costs our church some 30,000, thirty thousand, dollars per year to preach the gosple without purse or scrip, it allso costs some fifty thousand per year to build Temples to have place for to pass thru ordeals for the dead, allso a quite portion of our time to work in those Tempels for our dead, besides we have to live by eating and weavin cloas as all mortals doo. So you can behold we are not idle, neither have we time for much pride. I was very sory to heare you say doo not come expecting to preach for I wish to fetch one of my boys with me to preach the gosple of our Lord and savior-Jesus Christ. You, brother, look at things as they are, if you knew that you were enjoying the truths of heaven or the true gospel and you allso new that I was in the dark and on the down wave road would you not wish to tell me as a brother and friend and give me a chance to live in the enjoyment of the light of God? Can you not see this is the same persicuted gospel as it was anciantly? We preach the gospel as it was anciantly. We are pursicuted, hunted, and even slain as the anciant saints, tared and feathered, whiped, and all manner of lies heaped on us as a people as anciantialy. You know the constitution of America allows evry man to worship God acorden to the dictates of his conciounces. Why then not let us alone? We interfear with no one, we mind our own business and let every one doo the same but this jeneration is so much better than even the Great God that they condem the latterday saints for that which God has sancioned and commanded to doo. We have God on our side and will finily com out at the head of the heap alltho the wicked may slay and marter the latterday saints, we will finily tryumph for the time is close when he that will not take his sword to fight his neighbor will flee here for safty.

I have 3 sons and one Daughter mooved with their familys to Arizona to life. I allso have another boy gone to Tenessee and Missispipi to preach the gospel. Our folks are makein many converts in the south which makes the preachers of the sects mad so they head mobs to persicute and marter our bretheren. Crops have bin plentiful here this season. Money is scarce, wheat some 40 cts. per bushel, other grain in proportion. I suppose you are well enough of[f] to pay us a visit. You can come and preach any doctrin you believe. All denominations preach here as they choose, freedom is tolerated here, if you doo not come and see us, I hope to come and see you all yet before I dye. May God bless and preserve you all. Go[o]d night from

ABRAHAM HUNSAKER