“The Nauvoo is a very singular and unique structure. It is 150 feet in length, 98 feet wide, and when finished will be 150 feet high. It is different from any thing in ancient or modern history. Every thing about it is on a magnificent scale and when finished and seen from the opposite side of the , will present one, if not the most beautiful, chaste, and noble specimens of Architecture to be found in the World. We should like to be in possession of a model of this building, both on account of its great notoriety, as being connected with the Mormon or Latter day Saints’ religion, and also a work of art. Did our limits here permit, we might give a very minute description of the whole order of architecture This splendid drawing was executed by Mr. Newhall, while in , from a copy in the archives of that . We wish he had taken it on a large scale, but he probably did not on account of transportation. We regret exceedingly that we did not have the privilege of a near inspection of the Map of the city of ; the place which for sometime past has created more intense interest perhaps than any other city town or village in the country, if not in the World. But on inquiring for it, we found it had been rolled up and packed away. He gave a very glowing and interesting account of this . The location is one of the most beautiful upon the earth. Situated on the , rising in an inclined plane till it reaches the height where it overlooks an extensive tract of territory, unrivalled in rich and varying scenery. [p. 1577]