Letter to Clara Martisha Woodruff Beebe, 20 March 1887
Salt Lake City, Utah,
My Dear Clara
I cannot Leave you out of my
corresspondence to day through Brother T is wanting to take
me to the Tem I Recieved your Letter of the 7. I am
always glad to hear from you I Expect you
may prepare for a busy season if you are going
to commence keeping boarding House I hope you
will prosper I had sent Ma a Draft of a
kitchin Buttery & Bedroom to build onto this old
Home ie if she builds. Mother Cottam is still
vary sick or is not able to set up she
has had a hard sick spell & I Read your letter
& Mas to her that you sent she was vary glad
to hear from you I got one letter from
Van that I have not answered as yet I wish I
could be with you a while I get lonesome
at times thinking of home Please tell Asahel
I got that Balance Sheet of Sorenson all right
Give my Love to Ovando if He is with you
of course I have No News to write I set in
my stone palace Read & write then I ago in
a boat hunting Ducks & I shot some quails
& Rabbits But I cannot walk without getting
into a great perspiration & it takes me
a good while to get dryed off but I call
