In the midst of a multiplicity of business & care I
seat myself to once more drop a few lines to you, praying
that kind providence may direct them to fall into your hands
I have not herd from you since your letter that was dated
in New York, which I immediately answered with a large full
Mammouth sheet, Dated Jan 13th in which I copied extracts from my
Journal from July 8th 1840 to Jan 18th 1841 & spoke of all the letters which
I sent you I hope it has fallen into your hands. Their is much
I would like to say had I time & room in this sheet, but being short
of Both at this time I must be brief. I requested in you in the last
to send the next letter to my address here in London
I am sensible there has not yet been time for
one to come, But expect to see one from you
before I leave England. Please send an answer to this
& direct it in the care of IlusFCarter New York
As I shall Leave Liverpool for that place the first of April
if the Lord will & I am not Blockaded by War which
is upon us ever at the door. A few days after your letter
came to Hand Elder Kimball received one from Sister Kimball
who informed us that Elder Turley arived in about a week after
you left, & put into her hands (all safe) all the letters &
things which I sent for you & that she had forwarded
^some^ allof the letters to you & wrote one herself, said she would
take good care of the things ^untill^ you come. Elders Kimball
& Lorenzo Snow are sitting by my side writing we are all
well. They both send their respects to you. I have just
received the three first Number of the 2ndVol of the Times & Seasons
which speaks of the progress of the Work in the U.S. &c. Elder
Kimball has also just got anothr Letter from his wife dated
[sideways text] I thank the friends that have written to me give my respecs to them, all, & their families Freedom & Luther &c I will tell them & Fabyan some things about London when I return [end of sideways text]
In the midst of a multiplicity of business & care I
seat myself to once more drop a few lines to you, praying
that kind providence may direct them to fall into your hands
I have not herd from you since your letter that was dated
in New York, which I immediately answered with a large full
Mammouth sheet, Dated Jan 13th in which I copied extracts from my
Journal from July 8th 1840 to Jan 18th 1841 & spoke of all the letters which
I sent you I hope it has fallen into your hands. Their is much
I would like to say had I time & room in this sheet, but being short
of Both at this time I must be brief. I requested you in the last
to send the next letter to my address here in London
I am sensible there has not yet been time for
one to come, But expect to see one from you
before I leave England. Please send an answer to this
& direct it in the care of IlusFCarter New York
As I shall Leave Liverpool for that place the first of April
if the Lord will & I am not Block aded by War which
is upon us ever at the door. A few days after your letter
came to Hand Elder Kimball received one from Sister Kimball
who informed us that Elder Turley arived in about a week after
you left, & put into her hands (all safe) all the letters &
things which I sent for you & that she had forwarded
some [illegible] the letters to you & wrote one herself, said she would
take good care of the things untill you come. Elders Kimball
& Lorenzo Snow are sitting by my side writing we are all
well. They both send their respects to you. I have just
received the three first Number of the 2ndVol of the Times & Seasons
which speaks of the progress of the Work in the U.S. &c. Elder
Kimball has also just got anothr Letter from his wife dated
sideways text I thank the friends that have written to me give my respecs to them, all, & their families Freedom & Luther &c I will tell them &
Fabyan some things about London when I return end of sideways text
"Letter to Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff, 18 February 1841," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 2, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/L9xg