, Hartford, county Connecticut, in company with & in the front room of a house built upon
the bank of the which room is decorated by historical charts, Atlass, portraits, paintings, &c &c whare Aphek
Woodruff & his family have spent many of his former years which have gone gone forever
JULY 7th 1837
. Beloved & Affectionate Brother
It is under peculiar circumstances & amid peculiar feelings that I take up my pen to once more address you & perhaps trouble
you because of the length of it. But Brother Asahel bear with me this once come now lay aside your Books and convers awhile with
Willford I have much I wish to say to you perhaps you may be interested in some of it. I have thought that I have been burthen
some to you in some of my letters since we saw each other as I have not receieved much of any answer from you perhaps they
have contained to much what the world calls mormonism to have been of any interest to you. But as I have been visiting our
friends I thought it might be interesting to you in some degree to know sumthing about it whare I have been the whys & the wharefores
&c. & I wish to write to you jut as I would talk as easy & simple as truth itself whether it is grammatical or not in or out
of measure. I am not polished in what the world calls learning (anyhow) But I desire to convers considerable with you now & if
I am troublesome tell me of it & I will do better for the future I have had a happy visit with my friends Ill now tell you about it
I left the 31st of May & took water at & arived at
on the third of June the day following I arived at Brother
in . I had not time to tarry but a short time with them. I was truly glad
to see them once more they were generally enjoying good ^health^ I think excepting which
was not vary good I ownly spent one night among them Thompson looked natural as ever he
works hard they looked slick around the farm. Cousin was with them he left for the morning I left for . I went to from thence to
took the up to we past though four locks that cost $100,000
each said to be the most splendid works in America. After attending a conference in
Canida I returned to from thence to . to to
father had mooved his family the day before I arived I called at the rock school
house three or four times to visit Sister I do not know that I can
give you a description of my visit with her any better than to copy a page from
my journal which I wrote upon the subject which is as follows
[FIGURES]
June 21st 1837. In Colebrook I wrap'd at a school house door it
opened by a female hand, and lo it was a sister, yes sister Eunice
indeed. We saluted each other with a harty shake of the hand {shorthand}
I conversed with her a few moments with joy, and retired.
June 28 th at 11 oclock AM I entered the school tought by sister
Eunice, five hours I spent within its walls amid as great variety
of sensations as ever vibrated my bosom. I beheld my sister my
ownly sister, seventeen years of age adorned with youth, modesty,
and lovliness with her face veiled with the true picture of .
with a degree of admiration I gazed upon the change five years
had brought upon HER. HER sprightly step with energy was marked
while teaching the youth. To more perfectly call to mind the rec
ollection of youth and past scenes & to entertain my mind amid the
passing hours, this sister presented me (with a cheerful grace) a
bundle of Letters from an absent brothers I looked them through
and through they pressed my soul with feelings. Asahel yes thy letters
I read fifteen in number to Eunice directed. They brought to my
soul as great a variety of feeling as matter they contained.
They presented to my view, the display of a cultivated mind
& the refined talents of a brother presented to a sister with
the most untarnished friendship and deepest feeling for her wel-
lfare that can grace the human soul. Such teachings as these
to Eunice directed if followed by the female youth would
deliver them from a thousand snares. The name of Willford
was mentioned oft Asahel had not forgotten him. (O heaven pro
tect my Parents my Brethren & my sister) While at once I viewed
this three years convers of Asahel, I smiled, I wept.
Eunice preserve those in memory of a brothers love, regard
these teachings they will lead thee in the paths of safty. I left
the house and by my sisters side I viewed the Colebook land-
scapes as we walked. my soul was pressed. O I spake of
Asahel, I thought of him, I asked what he would say if he knew
whare we were. ah says Eunice he would wish to be here. We
visited our parents dwelling at sages mill, but they had gone
to Farmington we entered the, house and found all as emty,
vacant, silent & still as death. Not a parent or brother to salu
te, we entered the chamber & saw the work of Asahels hands
but nothing left but a stick balanced by a string in the closet
to hold his coat. it was to gloomy to tarry long I droped a tear
and retired believing it more pleasent on the banks of the
or I took a drink from the well while depart-
ing Eunice plucked each of us a, rose as we left we walked up
the hill while the stones, stumps, hills & dales, looked natural.
We was soon kindly received by Mr. hous
hold took a seat at his board and sup'd together which closed
the scene. HOW pleasing and how painful are the scenes of LIFE
July 4th INDEPENDANCE how can I enjoy the better than to
visit a lonely sister thought I, so a steed I mounted at Canaan
to visit Eunice but when I arived she was ^x^ gone to a saleing ^x^ [sailing]
party on a pond I rode near to it as I approached they crossed
from me I hoisted a flag in token of friendship they discovered
it & bow'd to my notice but knew not that it was Willford
as the watery element wafted them from my sight behind a
grove I bowed saying GOD save my sister {shorthand}
, Hartford, county Connecticut, in company with & in the front room of a house built upon
the bank of the which room is decorated by historical charts, Atlass, portraits, paintings, &c &c whare Aphek
Woodruff & his family have spent many of his former years which have gone gone forever
JULY 7th 1837
. Beloved & Affectionate Brother
It is under peculiar circumstances & amid peculiar feelings that I take up my pen to once more address you & perhaps trouble
you because of the length of it. But Brother Asahel bear with me this once come now lay aside your Books and convers awhile with
Willford I have much I wish to say to you perhaps you may be interested in some of it. I have thought that I have been burthen
some to you in some of my letters since we saw each other as I have not receieved much of any answer from you perhaps they
have contained to much what the world calls mormonism to have been of any interest to you. But as I have been visiting our
friends I thought it might be interesting to you in some degree to know sumthing about it whare I have been the whys & the wharefores
&c. & I wish to write to you jut as I would talk as easy & simple as truth itself whether it is grammatical or not in or out
of measure. I am not polished in what the world calls learning (anyhow) But I desire to convers considerable with you now & if
I am troublesome tell me of it & I will do better for the future I have had a happy visit with my friends Ill now tell you about it
I left the 31st of May & took water at & arived at
on the third of June the day following I arived at Brother
in . I had not time to tarry but a short time with them. I was truly glad
to see them once more they were generally enjoying good health I think excepting which
was not vary good I ownly spent one night among them Thompson looked natural as ever he
works hard they looked slick around the farm. Cousin was with them he left for the morning I left for . I went to from thence to
took the up to we past though four locks that cost $100,000
each said to be the most splendid works in America. After attending a conference in
Canida I returned to from thence to . to to
father had mooved his family the day before I arived I called at the rock school
house three or four times to visit Sister I do not know that I can
give you a description of my visit with her any better than to copy a page from
my journal which I wrote upon the subject which is as follows
FIGURES
June 21st 1837. In Colebrook I wrap'd at a school house door it
opened by a female hand, and lo it was a sister, yes sister Eunice
indeed. We saluted each other with a harty shake of the hand shorthand
I conversed with her a few moments with joy, and retired.
June 28 th at 11 oclock AM I entered the school tought by sister
Eunice, five hours I spent within its walls amid as great variety
of sensations as ever vibrated my bosom. I beheld my sister my
ownly sister, seventeen years of age adorned with youth, modesty,
and lovliness with her face veiled with the true picture of .
with a degree of admiration I gazed upon the change five years
had brought upon HER. HER sprightly step with energy was marked
while teaching the youth. To more perfectly call to mind the rec
ollection of youth and past scenes & to entertain my mind amid the
passing hours, this sister presented me (with a cheerful grace) a
bundle of Letters from an absent brothers I looked them through
and through they pressed my soul with feelings. Asahel yes thy letters
I read fifteen in number to Eunice directed. They brought to my
soul as great a variety of feeling as matter they contained.
They presented to my view, the display of a cultivated mind
& the refined talents of a brother presented to a sister with
the most untarnished friendship and deepest feeling for her wellfare that can grace the human soul. Such teachings as these
to Eunice directed if followed by the female youth would
deliver them from a thousand snares. The name of Willford
was mentioned oft Asahel had not forgotten him. (O heaven pro
tect my Parents my Brethren & my sister) While at once I viewed
this three years convers of Asahel, I smiled, I wept.
Eunice preserve those in memory of a brothers love, regard
these teachings they will lead thee in the paths of safty. I left
the house and by my sisters side I viewed the Colebook landscapes as we walked. my soul was pressed. O I spake of
Asahel, I thought of him, I asked what he would say if he knew
whare we were. ah says Eunice he would wish to be here. We
visited our parents dwelling at sages mill, but they had gone
to Farmington we entered the, house and found all as emty,
vacant, silent & still as death. Not a parent or brother to salu
te, we entered the chamber & saw the work of Asahels hands
but nothing left but a stick balanced by a string in the closet
to hold his coat. it was to gloomy to tarry long I droped a tear
and retired believing it more pleasent on the banks of the
or I took a drink from the well while departing Eunice plucked each of us a, rose as we left we walked up
the hill while the stones, stumps, hills & dales, looked natural.
We was soon kindly received by Mr. hous
hold took a seat at his board and sup'd together which closed
the scene. HOW pleasing and how painful are the scenes of LIFE
July 4th INDEPENDANCE how can I enjoy the better than to
visit a lonely sister thought I, so a steed I mounted at Canaan
to visit Eunice but when I arived she was x gone to a saleing x sailing
party on a pond I rode near to it as I approached they crossed
from me I hoisted a flag in token of friendship they discovered
it & bow'd to my notice but knew not that it was Willford
as the watery element wafted them from my sight behind a
grove I bowed saying GOD save my sister shorthand
