is Bell Moses going to stay? tell
her she had better come to Ashley
it cant be beat if money is a
scarce artical my body has some
kind of cloths though shoes are
getting to be quite a novelty
the roads have been unpassable
for so long the Mail company
brought in a few papers last
week for the first time since
febuary we have not been able
to get lumber to finish our house
as the saw mill is still under
snow. President Hatch wants
the Ashley then to save the
Ducshane bridge Bishop Hatch
says to save it they will have to
haull it up on the hill do you
think you will get out this summer?
it is thout Strawbury will not be crossed
till August I wantt to write a few lines
^to Clara^ with kind Rembrances to all as ever
your afectionate daughter Nellie Woodruff
is Bell Moses going to stay? tell
her she had better come to Ashley
it cant be beat if money is a
scarce artical my body has some
kind of cloths though shoes are
getting to be quite a novelty
the roads have been unpassable
for so long the Mail company
brought in a few papers last
week for the first time since
febuary we have not been able
to get lumber to finish our house
as the saw mill is still under
snow. President Hatch wants
the Ashley then to save the
Ducshane bridge Bishop Hatch
says to save it they will have to
haull it up on the hill do you
think you will get out this summer?
it is thout Strawbury will not be crossed
till August I wantt to write a few lines
to Clara with kind Rembrances to all as ever
your afectionate daughter Nellie Woodruff
"Letter from Nellie Woodruff to Wilford Woodruff and Emma Smith Woodruff, 24 May n.d.," p. 3, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/kO4K