Letter from Asahel Hart Woodruff, 21 March 1885
No. 5 St Johns St
Portsmouth
Dear Father,
Your letter of Feb 28 85
written from Bunkerville came to hand
a number of days since, but I have
not had a fitting opportunity of replying
to it untill now. I wrote you on Feb 23
and addressed as advised to Jas G Bleak
etc. also on Feb 28 which I sent to
Bunkerville both of which I trust you
have received before now. Your last
letter was quite as welcome as its
predecessor and I was pleased to learn
that your health was so good as I
feared your health would be impared
by the continual hardships necessarily
attending you ^present^ career. Judging from the
large number of your correspondents
I should imagine that you would find
a plenty to occupy your leisure moments.
I returned yeasterday from Southampton
