Letter: to his parents, Phineas and Wealthy Dewey RichardsRichards, F. D. (Franklin Dewey), 1821-18991839 Jan 1Franklin Richards's letter describes his westward journey from St. Louis, the hostility of settlers, the massacre at Haun's Mill, and his stay in the West. He also writes about the Mormon war, relatives in the West, his faith, the fertility of the country, and his return to Illinois Town, where he worked cutting timber.text