Day in the Life

Feb 18, 1841

Journal Entry

February 18, 1841 ~ Thursday

Feb 18th A hand pointing to the right P I wrote a letter to Phebe requested
her to answer it & direct to New York in care
of Ilus F Carter & Just as I had finished it I
A folded letter/box received A Package from Pickfords Boat on
opening it contained the 10 No of the Star several
of the Times & Seasons, one Letter from Sister
Eunice & Mother Woodruff which was vary interesting
Also one from my Friends in Maine written by Father
Carter, Freedom Molton, Phebe, Willford Owen Shuah
& Sister Foss, Dated Jan 10th. It was truly a feast
to me to hear from my Dear wife child & friend once
more after being seperated nearly two years
from them. May God hasten the day when I may
see them once more. I also wrote a letter to
A hand pointing to the right Father Mother & Eunice Woodruff, I also received
a letter from Br James Barnes.

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Woodruff, Abraham Owen
23 Nov 1872 - 20 Jul 1904
630 mentions
Apostle, Family, Missionary
Woodruff, Aphek, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
580 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Azubah Hart
31 Jul 1792 - 21 Mar 1851
269 mentions
Family
Webster, Eunice Hart Woodruff
19 Jun 1821 - 14 Jun 1853
272 mentions
Family
Carter, Ezra, b. 1773
18 Mar 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
289 mentions
Family
Moulton, Freedom
31 Oct 1808 - 31 Jul 1857
40 mentions
Family
Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
409 mentions
Family
Barnes, James
10 Feb 1815 - 28 Apr 1890
22 mentions
Apostle, 1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1582 mentions
Family
Foss, Sarah Brackett Carter
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
185 mentions
Family
Moulton, Shuah Coffin Carter
20 Dec 1811 - 19 Jun 1905
88 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
719 mentions
Family

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Letter to Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff, 18 February 1841
40 Ironmonger Row Saint Lukes London My Dear Phebe In the midst of a multiplicity of business & care I seat myself to once more drop a few lines to you, praying that kind providence may direct them to fall into your hands I have not herd from you since your letter that was dated in New York, which I immediately answered with a large full Mammouth sheet, Dated Jan 13th in which I copied extracts from my Journal from July 8th 1840 to Jan 18th 1841 & spoke of all the letters which I sent you I hope it has fallen into your hands. Their is much I would like to say had I time & room in this sheet, but being short of Both at this time I must be brief. I requested in you in the last to send the next letter to my address here in London I am sensible there has not yet been time for one to come, But expect to see one from you before I leave England. Please send an answer to this & direct it in the care of Ilus F Carter New York As I shall Leave Liverpool for that place the first of April if the Lord will & I am not Blockaded by War which is upon us ever at the door. A few days after your letter came to Hand Elder Kimball received one from Sister Kimball who informed us that Elder Turley arived in about a week after you left, & put into her hands (all safe) all the letters & things which I sent for you & that she had forwarded ^some^ allof the letters to you & wrote one herself, said she would take good care of the things ^untill^ you come. Elders Kimball & Lorenzo Snow are sitting by my side writing we are all well. They both send their respects to you. I have just received the three first Number of the 2nd Vol of the Times & Seasons which speaks of the progress of the Work in the U.S. &c. Elder Kimball has also just got anothr Letter from his wife dated [sideways text] I thank the friends that have written to me give my respecs to them, all, & their families Freedom & Luther &c I will tell them & Fabyan some things about London when I return [end of sideways text]

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Feb 18, 1841