I have got [page torn]ey choice fine presents for you in this bundle
which I send to you in token of respect, which I hope & pray God, may fall into your
hands in safety that you keep them in Memory of Willford & of the great & import-
ant Mission which I am now filling. The elegant china Box which you will find in this Budle
is considered one of the finest & best executed peace of work found in England or Europe
it is the ^a^ present from the Saints in Stoke upon Trent. it was made & presented to me
by Brother John Rowley & James Growcut all excepting the flower upon it is burried gold
such an articles could not be purchased short of about £2 threetwo Sovreigns you will
also find 2 smelling Bottle & three thimbles which are very pretty & neatly executed I intened
intended to have had your name on the largest which was a mistake in the
guilder but they are going to make me a viol or Bottle much larger then
either of them & put Phebe on it they are making 3 china Pitchers for me to
bring home when I come quart, Pint, & gill, with willford, Phebe, & Sarah Emma
on them. (you will find in the china Box £5 five sovereigns which I want you to
spend to make you comfortable as far as it will go. I sent you 1 ounce of sewing silk
& or an ounce of black twill, & 150 needles the best that can be bought ^from willford^ (one Black silk
apron & three caps a present from Sister Emma Cordon) I send you a good serviceable penknife & small pair of shears, 2 oz of thread. 2 pair of nice stockings & a pair of gloves ^gloves^ to
Phebe, 4 pair of stockings & a pair of shoes to SarahEmma, one pair of socks & stockings to willford
one Box of nise steel pens to write 8 print Journals for Willford sen & Phebe &c. I send the
above articles by Elder Turley which I hope you will get safe. I wish you
to under stand that the china articles have not cost me any thing but were
presents from gentlemen in Stoke. I wish you examin the things as you opened
them for I have written on peaces of paper & put in some of them after you have read
over this & under stood it I wish you to destroy it or take care of it so that
it may not fall into the hands of others. I have worn the suit of cloths you made
me untill about 15 days ago the friends made me a present of a new suit of black
fine broad cloth which I am now wearing I shall send an other letter with this
bundle in which I shall give you an account of matters & things with me
you will find my pen knife that I had of Brothr Asahels please lay it by for safe keeping when
you write me again tell me if there is any thing that you want me to bring you
from England or from any where els as I return home & if it is in my power I
will get it for you. I expet I can bring you a pair of lining sheets when I
come. I could get a number of such things if it was not for the bulk of them
in carrying so far. I have sent another bundle besids this by Brothr Turley
in which you will find a dress for yourself & Sarah E. & also a letter to you
There will be several caps sent you in a small Bundle from Manchester as a present from
a sister there & I have ordered a small Hym Book for you & Sistr Smoot with your
names on them in guilded. their is three caps in a paper that are done up according to the English fashion
I expect they will be so ruffled or broaken that they will not be fit to wear without doing over but you will
see the maner they done up they are large now but when they are washed they will be smaller
they are from Sistr Cordon.
I have got page tornay choice fine presents for you in this bundle
which I send to you in token of respect, which I hope & pray God, may fall into your
hands in safety that you keep them in Memory of Willford & of the great & important Mission which I am now filling. The elegant china Box which you will find in this Budle
is considered one of the finest & best executed peace of work found in England or Europe
it is a present from the Saints in Stoke upon Trent. it was made & presented to me
by Brother John Rowley & James Growcut all excepting the flower upon it is burried gold
such an articles could not be purchased short of about £2 two Sovreigns you will
also find 2 smelling Bottle & three thimbles which are very pretty & neatly executed I
intended to have had your name on the largest which was a mistake in the
guilder but they are going to make me a viol or Bottle much larger then
either of them & put Phebe on it they are making 3 china Pitchers for me to
bring home when I come quart, Pint, & gill, with willford, Phebe, & Sarah Emma
on them. (you will find in the china Box £5 five sovereigns which I want you to
spend to make you comfortable as far as it will go. I sent you 1 ounce of sewing silk
& an ounce of black twill, & 150 needles the best that can be bought from willford (one Black silk
apron & three caps a present from Sister Emma Cordon) I send you a good serviceable
penknife & small pair of shears, 2 oz of thread. 2 pair of nice stockings & a pair of gloves to
Phebe, 4 pair of stockings & a pair of shoes to SarahEmma, one pair of socks & stockings to willford
one Box of nise steel pens to write 8 print Journals for Willford sen & Phebe &c. I send the
above articles by Elder Turley which I hope you will get safe. I wish you
to under stand that the china articles have not cost me any thing but were
presents from gentlemen in Stoke. I wish you examin the things as you opened
them for I have written on peaces of paper & put in some of them after you have read
over this & under stood it I wish you to destroy it or take care of it so that
it may not fall into the hands of others. I have worn the suit of cloths you made
me untill about 15 days ago the friends made me a present of a new suit of black
fine broad cloth which I am now wearing I shall send an other letter with this
bundle in which I shall give you an account of matters & things with me
you will find my pen knife that I had of Brothr Asahels please lay it by for safe keeping when
you write me again tell me if there is any thing that you want me to bring you
from England or from any where els as I return home & if it is in my power I
will get it for you. I expet I can bring you a pair of lining sheets when I
come. I could get a number of such things if it was not for the bulk of them
in carrying so far. I have sent another bundle besids this by Brothr Turley
in which you will find a dress for yourself & Sarah E. & also a letter to you
There will be several caps sent you in a small Bundle from Manchester as a present from
a sister there & I have ordered a small Hym Book for you & Sistr Smoot with your
names on them in guilded. their is three caps in a paper that are done up according to the English fashion
I expect they will be so ruffled or broaken that they will not be fit to wear without doing over but you will
see the maner they done up they are large now but when they are washed they will be smaller
they are from Sistr Cordon.
"Letter to Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff, 16 July 1840," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 6, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/pQ8X