I discoved a page from your
pen in Brothr Amison letter & I thought I
would Answer it I was glad to hear that Eldr Snow had got over the Measels & able to preach once
more & that the work is moveing on in Wolverhapmpton
& Birmingham. I recei[v]ed a lettr from my wife
a few days since & what was my surprise to find
it dated in the city of New York her Brothrs
had Been west to view the country & wished her
to go home with them & spend the winter & so go
back with me in the spring so I shall find my
wife in Maine instead of Iowa. We have
long had a desire to hear of the arival of Elder Turley & his company to Nauvoo. W we jus[t] [page torn]
in a lettr which you wrote to Eldr Kimba[ll] [page torn]
that he had arived in Nauvoo. It seems yo[u] [page torn]
recied your intelligence from O. Pratt should
you get any particulars about it I wish you
would let us know all about it when you
write a gain We are in good health & spirits
I am sorry you are so much out of health
I hope you will soon be Better. All the Saints
here send their love to you, if you
cannot find any Body that can read my
scribbling keep it till I come & I will read it
for you. Adieu for the present peace be with you
G A. Smith you[r]s in the Love of God
I discoved a page from your
pen in Brothr Amison letter & I thought I
would Answer it I was glad to hear that Eldr
Snow had got over the Measels & able to preach once
more & that the work is moveing on in Wolverhampton
& Birmingham. I received a lettr from my wife
a few days since & what was my surprise to find
it dated in the city of New York her Brothrs
had Been west to view the country & wished her
to go home with them & spend the winter & so go
back with me in the spring so I shall find my
wife in Maine instead of Iowa. We have
long had a desire to hear of the arival of Elder
Turley & his company to Nauvoo. we just page torn
in a lettr which you wrote to Eldr Kimball page torn
that he had arived in Nauvoo. It seems you page torn
recied your intelligence from O. Pratt should
you get any particulars about it I wish you
would let us know all about it when you
write a gain We are in good health & spirits
I am sorry you are so much out of health
I hope you will soon be Better. All the Saints
here send their love to you, if you
cannot find any Body that can read my
scribbling keep it till I come & I will read it
for you. Adieu for the present peace be with you
G A. Smith yours in the Love of God
"Letter to Thomas Amison and George Albert Smith, 25 January 1841," p. 3, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 13, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/9r03