I believe you can get cions from
this cuntry in to your valey
the nexte letter you write to me
I want that Father should
write a few lines in the Letter
to me ^to remember him buy^ I wante your age and
his age and his and Mothers
ages iff you know what they
are to Remember them buy
there I sureparte here that your Peop
on m a greate wealth in the mines
there is aplase called Mormon Island
I would like to know iff your people are
that likewise Capt Sutter improvements
I do not sea anny thing why your
people cannot become a rich Nation iff
you will be agreed when you write
to me write all the nuse have
you get alonge as to your prosper
please to direct my letters to Pulaskie Please to direct Asmon
the Town off Scruple Corlenoy
these cold northern countryes it takes
all we can earn there in the Summer
to winter on it is note so in your cuntry
nor in Oregon give my respets
to all who inquire after my
wellfare.
"Letter from Ozem Thompson Woodruff and Wilford Woodruff Jr., 21 January 1856," p. 4, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 22, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/yzNW