Salt Lake City Oct 2nd 1874 My Dear Grand Daughter Lucy Woodruff I have just received your very interesting Letter, I have ownly time now to write you a few lines. I am about 72 years old and I do not think I can write as well as you can. I think your father can read your letter much better than he can mine I am very thankful that my Dear Grand Daughter Lucy is such a nice little woman an can write so well I shall ...

make you a nice sum of Money when you get married it will buy you a wedding suit. I hope you will always be a good Girl Love & honor your parents & Grand parents and honor God your Heavenly Father and always remember your prayers night and Morning. Keep this Letter and file away all your Letters while you are young so that when you become a woman you can see what was written to you when you was a little Girl I am much pleased to see how far advanced ...

Kingdom of God and that you may be blessed with a numerous posterity of Sons & daughters who may become plants of Renown and bear the Holy priesthood and become honorable men and women in the Church and kingdom of God ont he Earth in your Day and Genera- tion this is the prayer of your Grand-Father Wilford Woodruff One of the Twelve Apostles of the last Dispensations and Fulness of times ...