my children: which can only be
removed; by fleeing to zion: which
is the longing Dezires of my heart of—my
Eldests are now ripening in years serrounded
with evry species of wikedness; that the
humane heart ^can be^ susseptable of: could
I but see them removed to the abode
of the Saints I think I could rest
in peace—And to this end Do I now
Break the Long silance in addressing
these few lines to you; not to
make an appeal Directly to you
for Deliverance from the increasing fire
of affliction: But to solicet your aid
either Directly or in Directly as you may
feel: or circumstances admit: I Do not
wish you to think; that I ask this
Blessing; as an obligation upon you
in that I was Baptised under your hands
no Dear Brother; I have no claims other
only as a sister in the kingdom of god
in common with others: it being in acco
rdance with the instruction or rather
permision given by President Richards
to the poor here to write to their friends
in zion; for aid: I have ventured
so to Do: in all good concence
I am willing to be come a servant
with my family: to my Brethren who may
my children: which can only be
removed; by fleeing to zion: which
is the longing dezires of my heart of - my
Eldests are now ripening in years serrounded
with evry species of wikedness; that the
humane heart can be susseptable of: could
I but see them removed to the abode
of the Saints I think I could rest
in peace -- And to this end Do I now
Break the Long silance in addressing
these few lines to you; not to
make an appeal Directly to you
for Deliverance from the increasing fire
of affliction: But to solicet your aid
either Directly or in Directly as you may
feel: or circumstances admit: I Do not
wish you to think; that I ask this
Blessing; as an obligation upon you
in that I was Baptised under your hands
no Dear Brother; I have no claims
only as a sister in the kingdom of god
in common with others: -- it being in acco
rdance with the instruction or rather
permision given by President Richards
to the poor here to write to their friends
in zion; for aid: I have ventured
so to Do: in all good concence --
I am willing to be come a servant
with my family: to my Brethren who may
"Letter from Ann Jewell Rowley Baston Ford, 20 May 1855," p. 3, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/jZYW