Letter from Orson Hyde, 29 December 1860
[sideways text] Orson Hyde [end of sideways text]
Hon.[or] W. Woodruff, Moroni Sanpete Co U T
Dear Brother, Dec 29, 1860.
I owe you many
apologies for not earlier answering your kind
letter of the 20th Ult. ins I have written to my
family in the city but once since I left, and
have seen my wife in Sanpete but about three
times since the President was here. I have been
very busy in building me a house and in
preaching the gospel. Away from home I seldom
could find a decent pen, or a half sheet of clean
paper. I have written a little through necessity
and a very little only. I might urge many othr
reasons for not writing sooner, but none for want
of a disposition to write. I have not had time
even to write a love letter, however strong my in-
clinations may have been to do so. I never labor
ed with body and mind more intently in my life
than during the past season. I Am now reduced
to the size of a decent man. But my house is
so far finished that my goods are pitched into
it, and have left my family to regulate for
themselves while I go to Fillmore where I
expect to be on New Years night. I am now
on my way there.
Accept my thanks for your Kind
attention to my vineyard. It was a swamp
