Columbus May 4th 1842

George Miller Esq.

Dear Sir & Brother

I am pleased to hear of your return home as from certain rumors that have reached me I am led to believe many irregularities are taking place in your lodge which I shall look to you to correct. You and the other brethren of your lodge must be aware that you are regarded by some, with some mistrust, and therefore it is requisite that the strictest attention be paid to ancient land Marks, Constitutions and By-laws of the Grand Lodge of Illinois and your own By-Laws, and that the least violation of either will be attended with unpleasant consequences, which no person would more regret than myself. By last nights mail I received from a most valued and esteemed Brother a communication—which among other matters contained the following "I am informed that a lodge either has been or is about to be started in Nauvoo by the Mormons—I should exceedingly regret this if it be true—and fear it will work only evil for our cause. If either Gen. Bennett or Gen. Adams be concerned in it it is the more to be regretted, as I have information from various sources concerning the former which proves him to be any thing but a good and true Mason. And as to the latter his character now among us (Springfield) is very far from being enviable. Bennett is an expelled Mason, having been expelled some time ago from a Lodge at Fairfield Ohio—I have this from Dr. King of Decatur, who is a very worthy mason, and was a member of the said Lodge at Fairfield at the time of Bennes expulsion—you can make what use you please of this communication ^information and consider me pledge to prove all I here say" This is indeed unpleasant information and it becomes my duty to insist on an immediate attention to the same it grieves me to suppose the facts must be true—as I had taken much interest in your Lodge I have written to my correspondent to obtain all the evidence in the case and if true Gen Bennett must be a very bad man, as certain occurrences have taken place between us—which I can only explain when I see you. Let me hear from you without delay

Yours Fraternally, A. Jonas G.M.G.L.Il.