Respected friend, I set down to inform ^you^ of our hea[l]th and enjoyments that
we possess through the mercyes of God. My wife was taken unwell about
a fortnit agoe but has got quite comfortable now all the rest of our friends
in this quarter are as well as usial I must jest say (although you will hear
before this Reaches you) that one of your best friends is with us and is well
she and her little boy ^and^ have got pritty well rested after their long jorney
Phebe is now seting at the same table writeing to her Sister Kimbal at Commerce we shoul be very glad if you were here to join us but must
wate contented for you arrival in the spring as your letter received a
few days a goe informed us, now Phebe is here we may rest assuredly of seeing
you when you return to this country in the spring Phebe rote to you when
she was in New York so that I need not say any thing in regard to Joseph
F, Carter and Luther Scammans journey on where Phebe was as I suppose
she gave you all the particulars in her letter from New York and as I under
stand two or three wants to write some in this letter I must draw to a close
by Mrs Carters with my self presenting you with our best respects–Ezra Carter [Letter from Ezra Carter ends]
[Letter from Freedom Moulton begins]
Being solicited by your wifeI just take my pen to drop
you a few lines—saying to you first—that my health
is not very good—my lungs being somewhat affected
by excessive talking in my business of school teaching which
I shall have to drop—was much pleased to hear your
letter, dated in July, read—wish much I could
be with you in walks around England seeing the
many curiosities—your deliniations of them were
excellent, better than any I have read—glad to hear
you and your bretheren are so little persecuted—your
wife seems just as she formerly did—cheerful and
resigned to every thing that befalls her—your boy looks
finely good natured and quiet—my folks are all
well—Grandmother which you saw when you were at fathers
is dead, died with ^a^ cancer—she suffered much—been steadily
engaged in teaching since I last saw you—intend closing
in the spring—it has been somewhat sickly in this vicinity
this fall and winter—many very sudden deaths—see many pieces
in the New York and other papers about the doings of the Latter day
Saints in England—have not had the Western fever much [serum]
I was on—was much pleased to see Phebe I can assure you—
she has given me a history of ^the^ Mormon’s Work—have had
a very favorable winter—very little severe weather—very
little snow on the ground now—as I have already occupied
more of this sheet than I ought I will bid
you good bye—by wishing you health and prosperity
Yours truly,
Freedom Moulton
[sideways text] We have had a severe political contest the last fall—the Whigs have
beaten us by resorting to all manner of deception—such as you would
not hardly credit—if told you—the North Eastern boundary remains the same [end of sideways text]
Respected friend, I set down to inform you of our health and enjoyments that
we possess through the mercyes of God. My wife was taken unwell about
a fortnit agoe but has got quite comfortable now all the rest of our friends
in this quarter are as well as usial I must jest say (although you will hear
before this Reaches you) that one of your best friends is with us and is well
she and her little boy and have got pritty well rested after their long jorney
Phebe is now seting at the same table writeing to her Sister Kimbal at
Commerce we shoul be very glad if you were here to join us but must
wate contented for you arrival in the spring as your letter received a
few days a goe informed us, now Phebe is here we may rest assuredly of seeing
you when you return to this country in the spring Phebe rote to you when
she was in New York so that I need not say any thing in regard to Joseph
F, Carter and Luther Scammans journey on where Phebe was as I suppose
she gave you all the particulars in her letter from New York and as I under
stand two or three wants to write some in this letter I must draw to a close
by Mrs Carters with my self presenting you with our best respects–Ezra Carter Letter from Ezra Carter ends
Letter from Freedom Moulton begins
Being solicited by your wifeI just take my pen to drop
you a few lines—saying to you first—that my health
is not very good—my lungs being somewhat affected
by excessive talking in my business of school teaching which
I shall have to drop—was much pleased to hear your
letter, dated in July, read—wish much I could
be with you in walks around England seeing the
many curiosities—your deliniations of them were
excellent, better than any I have read—glad to hear
you and your bretheren are so little persecuted—your
wife seems just as she formerly did—cheerful and
resigned to every thing that befalls her—your boy looks
finely good natured and quiet—my folks are all
well—Grandmother which you saw when you were at fathers
is dead, died with a cancer—she suffered much—been steadily
engaged in teaching since I last saw you—intend closing
in the spring—it has been somewhat sickly in this vicinity
this fall and winter—many very sudden deaths—see many pieces
in the New York and other papers about the doings of the Latter day
Saints in England—have not had the Western fever much [illegible]
I was on—was much pleased to see Phebe I can assure you—
she has given me a history of the Mormon’s Work—have had
a very favorable winter—very little severe weather—very
little snow on the ground now—as I have already occupied
more of this sheet than I ought I will bid
you good bye—by wishing you health and prosperity
Yours truly,
Freedom Moulton
sideways text We have had a severe political contest the last fall—the Whigs have
beaten us by resorting to all manner of deception—such as you would
not hardly credit—if told you—the North Eastern boundary remains the same end of sideways text
"Letter from Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff, 10 January 1841," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/jqZB