Letter from Joseph George Manning, 6 January 1852
Dear Bro Woodruff,
Near eleven years
has passed away since in the parlour of
Elder Thomas Kington, at the house of my
father New River, Bristol, we first met,
and then only to enkindle in my breast
feelings of undying attachment to you
for your love and blessing. Since that
time we (for I speak for my mother and
the whole family) have eagerly sought for
every bit of news we could obtain con-
cerning yourself, Elder Kington, Elder
Pit, and their families, and my dear
Aunt (my mother's sister) Ann Vowles, who
left with the latter parties for Nauvoo,
in 1841. At first each tiding filled
our bosoms with happy anticipations of
once more meeting altogether in this
our earthly career, to mingle again in
happy society, and to recount our trials
