Letter from Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff, 2 July 1840
Montrose Lee County
My Dear Willford
It is with peculiar feelings that that
I sit down to write to you at this time. I have not heared from you
for nearly 5 months untill now, and I have been left to wonder at it, some
times thinking that you might be in prison, or where you could not write
I have felt more than common lonely of late, for what reason I do not know
but your letter came to hand the 24th of June bearing date of April 24 which
was cordially received. I was pleased to hear of your health and prosperity in
the ministry but sorry to hear that you had not received any of my letters,
this is the 5 one that I have written you since you left N.Y. one of and they
were writen verry ful I told you how things were with me in
them. I directed three of them to Preston, Lankenshire, England,
another to W. Woodruff in care of Alfred Cord[on] [page torn] [c]lub buildings, Navigation
rode Buurslem Staffordshire England according to the directions in
your letter written from Jan. 29. and this ^I^ shall direct to Liverpool in care
of John Taylor hopeing that you will be more likely to get it. I sent one
by brother Hyde and Page when they started on their mission to the
Jews. I have received three from you since you arrived in England
one dated Jan. 12th another 29th then this last one April 24. I do hope
that you will get them ^mine^ for I wrote much that you would like to
know about my situation, house, cow, sickness, moveing from Lovely street
to father Clarks, &c, &c, which if you have not heard might be inter
esting to you. as it is quite a task for me to write now haveing two
little one around ^one^ and poor health (yet I have taken the utmost pains
to write to you since you left home) I will give you a brief sketch
of these things. You left me in Montrose, I kept about the house 2 weeks after,
then was taken with the chills and fever went out to sister Smoots stayed
there about 10 weeks was confined to my bed the most of the time for days & days
