Letter to Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff, 17 October 1848
Norwalk Connecticut
My Dear Phebe
Inasmuch as I cannot hear from you
nor my poor little suffering Pilgrims I feel that I ought to write the
oftener to you, I begin to feel a little Homesick and that you know is a strange
thing for me when I am traveling so much, but I suppose it is becaus I
want to see you, I feel anxious to get home once more but it seems
as though I could not travel ownly about so fast unless I here
things undone that ought to be done I am trying to visit as
many of the Branches on my return as I can find on my way
so as to organized those which are unorganized & leave them in
as good state as I can (anonymous not from R is anonymous your pls say you)
I went to long Island on Saturday Held a meeting on Sunday
with them returned to New York on Monday, visited Mrs. Sloan
& Calvin found them well as usual, visited the Saints. saw
Sister Shelden she sent her best respects to you I saw
Br Holister He made ^me^ a present of 20 shares of stock in the
New Jersey mining Company. the Branch is in good order
at the present time in New York I took boat at N.Y.
& arrived here last Evening their is a Branch of the Church
in this place in a scattered conditions the presiding Elder
is 10 miles from this place I cannot get a meeting untill
to morrow night so I shall attend to it I am right
upon the sea shore whare the got boat loads of round & soft
clams, scallops oysters fish &. I had scollops clams & oysters
fer supper last night, & they were fine the baths though the
