I receeved your letter this
Evening & I was truly glad to get it & to hear that
you arived safe, & I was glad to hear that Eldr
Cordon was Baptizing & that you had so many Saints
in Birmingham give my respects to them all —
may the Lord bless them & you in your labours
I have felt lonesome since you left me howeve[r]
as usual I spent most of my time in writing,
though I have taken a walk to day I have been
into the Borough seen Mr Algoods family
they are better in health & all send their respects to
you & so do the Saints here & Mothr Morgan &
little Harriet. give my love to Sister Cordon to Br
& Sistr Tate & the othr Brothe[r]s & Sistr joining door I dont
think of these names, & Sister Turley & all the^at^ love the
Lord. Brethren I want you to write to me as
often as you get an news for you know
Brother Smith how good it seems to get letters
when one is in London. I have had a lettr to
day from Sister Dawson directed to Brother Smith
nothing special but I will inclose this in it & send it
to you I need your prayers I am going
to meeting in about an hour I say meeting I
shall meet J Barretts Academy if nothing els & some
few people I presume. I am well & in good spirits
& glad to hear from you may peace & evry Blessing
rest upon you all is the prayer of W. Woodruff
I receeved your letter this
Evening & I was truly glad to get it & to hear that
you arived safe, & I was glad to hear that Eldr
Cordon was Baptizing & that you had so many Saints
in Birmingham give my respects to them all —
may the Lord bless them & you in your labours
I have felt lonesome since you left me however
as usual I spent most of my time in writing,
though I have taken a walk to day I have been
into the Borough seen Mr Algoods family
they are better in health & all send their respects to
you & so do the Saints here & Mothr Morgan &
little Harriet. give my love to Sister Cordon to Br
& Sistr Tate & the othr Brothers & Sistr joining door I dont
think of these names, & Sister Turley & all that love the
Lord. Brethren I want you to write to me as
often as you get an news for you know
Brother Smith how good it seems to get letters
when one is in London. I have had a lettr to
day from Sister Dawson directed to Brother Smith
nothing special but I will inclose this in it & send it
to you I need your prayers I am going
to meeting in about an hour I say meeting I
shall meet J Barretts Academy if nothing els & some
few people I presume. I am well & in good spirits
& glad to hear from you may peace & evry Blessing
rest upon you all is the prayer of W. Woodruff
"Letter to George Albert Smith and Alfred Cordon, 12 November 1840," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 20, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/7L9O