for nearly all the under ^woolen^ clothes
which we have hneeded for both
ourseff an Children. We have
up to this time slept in beds
which my husband have nailed
together of lumber, and have
not any furniture bought
out of the store, except a
sewing machine which my
father gave me, and 4 Chairs
the rest my husband has naild
together himself, it is now
4 or 5 yrs since my husband
commenced to put up a little
frame house 16x30 and which
is not near completed yet.
my husband must ceep the
farm a going, as that is our
only support, ourseff as well
as our Children must have
a little to eat and to wear
right along allthough it is
of the very plainest
for nearly all the woolen clothes
which we haveneeded for both
ourseff an Children. We have
up to this time slept in beds
which my husband have nailed
together of lumber, and have
not any furniture bought
out of the store, except a
sewing machine which my
father gave me, and 4 Chairs
the rest my husband has naild
together himself, it is now
4 or 5 yrs since my husband
commenced to put up a little
frame house 16x30 and which
is not near completed yet.
my husband must ceep the
farm a going, as that is our
only support, ourseff as well
as our Children must have
a little to eat and to wear
right along allthough it is
of the very plainest
"Letter from Kerstin Olofsdotter Petersen, 25 May 1897," p. 3, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 18, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/zqkZ