Letter from Abraham Owen Woodruff, 15 May 1896
Dearest Parents:
You may be anxiously
wondering where I am at, so trusting a
few lines may relieve you untill we
meet personally I take pleasure in inform-
ing you that we are progressing
nicely on our journey and intend
sailing the 21st in less than a week.
We had a glorious time in London,
Prest. Ben R. Eldredge and all the boys
doing all they could to make our
visit a success and succeeded
famously. Insted of going to Liverpool
we are going to attend the New Castle
Conference Sunday and will meet Prest.
Lund tomorrow. We had a very rough
voyage of twenty-four hours up the coast
from London to South Shields and both
Jake and I were real sick. Pa's
kind letter directed to Liverpool was
a sorce of joy to me as I had not
heard from home for so long and
began to get anxious. How thoughtful
and kind of the dear soul to
think of getting me a horse; Pa always
thinks of every one but himself.
It is our intention to go to Edinburough
