Letter from Asahel Hart Woodruff, 21 October 1885
No 9 Temple St Holly St
Dalston London
Oct 21 [18]85
Dear Father;
I slept last night at
my old place in Dalston wher I used
to stay during the time that I was
laboring in the Whitechapel branch.
Received your letter of Sept. 27 [18]85 and
also one before that the date of which
I forget not having it with me at present
Was glad indeed that you were feeling
so well and also that ma Woodruff
had got so much better. I never received
the photograph of the young woman you
allude to nor of yourself either; the
letter containing them was evidently
lost in transit. I have procured a
half pound of the rubber; it is in a
thick liquid state, being the pure gum
mixed with turpentine. I dont quite
understand what it is you want; if you
