The letter written by St. George Temple recorder James G. Bleak to Wilford Woodruff indicated that he was sending a record of the temple work that had been done over the past nine months. The courier of the letter was John D.T. McAllister, president of the St. George Stake of Zion. This period of temple work was conducted by Woodruff and included the baptism of past U.S. presidents as well as those that signed the declaration of Independence.