perfectly willing to go on a Mission
if his circumstances would
permit. He has been runing
a small farm of my mothers,
for some time, but my mother
passed away 3 months ago,
without any will, and ^we^ will
now have to have the deeds
probated, and pay my brother
(who lives in Canada) for his
share of the land, as there is
not to much for a family, and
my husband is allready in
about 300 dollars debt for wagons
and Machinery. We have been
married 12 yrs and have so
far lived in a little log Cabin
14x16, which is not only very
enconvenient but very unhealthy
and miserable, as we are now
no less then 7 in our family
I have been in very poor health
for the past 6 yrs, and am
unable to do my own work alone
as i often have to ceep the
bed, but so far i have had
to get along with my largest
Childrens help. I can hardly
see how it is our cercumstaces
are no better, as i do not think
any body can live more economical
than we do, my husband
does not use liquor or Tobacco
in any form, and he is very
careful about getting any thing
which can be done without
Myself and all of us has not
yet wore a stoking [stocking] which
i have not manufactured
from the wool myself, with
my mothers help, and i have
knit ^our underwear hoods and jackets^under and and had
Linsey and flannel made
here at home out of the yarn
which i ^and my mother^ have made ourself
perfectly willing to go on a Mission
if his circumstances would
permit. He has been runing
a small farm of my mothers,
for some time, but my mother
passed away 3 months ago,
without any will, and we will
now have to have the deeds
probated, and pay my brother
(who lives in Canada) for his
share of the land, as there is
not to much for a family, and
my husband is allready in
about 300 dollars debt for wagons
and Machinery. We have been
married 12 yrs and have so
far lived in a little log Cabin
14x16, which is not only very
enconvenient but very unhealthy
and miserable, as we are now
no less then 7 in our family
I have been in very poor health
for the past 6 yrs, and am
unable to do my own work alone
as i often have to ceep the
bed, but so far i have had
to get along with my largest
Childrens help. I can hardly
see how it is our cercumstaces
are no better, as i do not think
any body can live more economical
than we do, my husband
does not use liquor or Tobacco
in any form, and he is very
careful about getting any thing
which can be done without
Myself and all of us has not
yet wore a stocking which
i have not manufactured
from the wool myself, with
my mothers help, and i have
knit our underwear hoods and jackets and had
Linsey and flannel made
here at home out of the yarn
which i and my mother have made ourself
"Letter from Kerstin Olofsdotter Petersen, 25 May 1897," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 18, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/nG1W