40 Ironmonger Row, Saint Lukes, LONDON
My Der^a^r Phebe
I once more seat myself to write to you I have your two last letters
now spread before me one under Date of Oct 6th to 19th & the other Oct 25th to Nov 2nd And
they both were truly interesting to me. I sent you a vary full sheet the the size of this Dated Nov 22nd
which I hope you have got before this time. I inserted an Extract from about 30 letters from
my Brethren in this country, & as I mailed this just Before I got your dated Oct 6th to 19th so I though[t]
I would not answer it untill I herd from you again. I however acknowledged the reception of
it in a letter which Elder Kimball wrote to his wife On the 4th of Jan your last letter Dated Nov 2nd
come safe to hand, by the barers who arived safe & are setting their business to moove
with the whole church in which they reside next spring. I trust you have obtained my letters
in answer to yours before this time, in which I expressed my feelings concerning the death of
Our dear little Sarah. your lines in poetry On her death in your Oct 6th letter were
truly sublime & affecting & none could feel them more deeply than myself. I highly prize them
more so as they came from your pen. I have recived 7 letters from you since I have
but in England, & it has truly Been a feast to my feelings to hear from you by
letter when we are seperated so far apart, in fine I never so highly prized the privilge of
writing as during the last year of my life. I am now sitting by the side of Elder
H. C. Kimball. We are enjoying good health & many Blessings from God. Hark!!! the
Postman is at my door he hands me a Bundle of Letters one a ship letter from
New York. On opening it, who can imagin my surprise on finding it to be the usual
salutation & hand writing of My Dear Phebe Dated NY. City Dec. 6, 1840 "Truly strange
things happen in the Last days" your letter informs me that Brothers J. F. Carter & L. Scammans
had visited you in the west, & wished you to returned with them & spend the winter at your
Fathers untill my return, you having excepted the offer of course accounts for your
being in New York. This unexpected intelligence for a moment gave me a peculiar
sensation of Both joy & sorrow, of Joy at the Idea of your having the privilege of spending
the winter at your friends Fathers House & among your friends & that I could the soon
sooner behold your face & enjoy your society while on my visit among our friends
in Maine, as well as your company on my journey west, calling upon our friends in
Connecticut. On the other hand I felt sorry that the packages letters & things which
I have sent you could not have fallen into your hands instead of another. or
at least that you could not have obtained them before you left. Inasmuch
as you had an opportunity to go East, I feel to say Amen to it & my prayer
to God is that you may have a good visit with your friends, & that you may
prove a Blessing unto them while you are with them, & that you may
maintain your integrity before the Lord, & enjoy peace, health, & strength, & grace
according to your day in all things, you have never been forgotten by me
before a throne of grace, you inform me in your last letter that you had
not received any lette[r]s from me since the one dated the 6th of July I felt sorry
to hear this for I have written many since that date & several full sheets the
size of this & I have taken much pains in all of them to give you information
of all things that I thought would be of Interest unto you. I hope Sister Kimball will
not send you all the packages of letters by Mail which I sent you by Elder Turley & othr
private conveyance without opening them for some of them contained half a dozen
letters for the fox Island friends & othrs, four letters contained gold coin which is not
suitable to send by mail. I sent many things by Eldr Turley in packages which I much
desired you should obtain, the following in substance is extracts from my Journal which will ^give^ an idea
of the letters I have written you & othr friends in the U.S. since the one dated July 6th of which you
speak as being the last one Recceved. I think it was dated on the 8th I spoke of some things I should send you
"July 10th I wrote⬦ 4 Letters directed to the following persons Ezra Carter sen Ilus F. Carter. Eunice Woodruff, & Lucian R Foster
sent them all by P. P. Pratt to NY. July 11th I purchased several articles in Manchester to send to Phebe. July 13th I received an –
interesting letter from Phebe which by request of Elder Young I made an extract which is inserted in the 4th No of the Star
July 14th Sarah Emma is two Years old this day so I went to the best G⬦too store in Manchester & bought as nis^c^e a winter dress as I could
find for Phebe, worth $5 in Manchester & twice that in NY, & two veils, and a dres for [FIGURE] Sarah Emma!!! A peace of nice flannel for Phebe
Sarah, & Willford jr several other articles & wrote A Letter to Phebe & put in the bundle sent by T Turley. On the 16th Day of July I
was Presentd with a small CHINA BOX as a specemen of what could be x^e^xecuted at the Staffordshire potteries this was
presented me as a present from some friends that worked in the business after I had visited the works. It was highly ornamented i^w^ith
gold, bearing the following inscription in gold letters. (Phebe & Willford Woodruff A Present from Stoke upon Trent England) valued at $15
& two china vials or smelling bottle's set in gold as follows (Phebe) [&] (Sarah Emma) & other small articles. I Put £5 sovreigns into the chinabox
filled it with sewing silk & packed it tight in the centre of a Parcel which consisted of needles, scissors, Penknife. sewing silk, Twist thread.
thimbles, 6 Caps (worked by the sisters) silk Apron, steel pens, socks, shoes, 8 pr of stockings for Phebe, Sarah & W.d Jr & other small articles
covered it with several thicknesses of cotton cloth & Brown paper wrote particular directions not to have it opened by no hand but Phebe's, &
(I think Sister Kimball will smile when she comes to open it & see the pains I took to do it up & the many small scraps of paper covered with
writing which I did nto expect any [one] [page torn] would see but your own) This parcel I carefully put into the hands of Elder Turley to take to you. I
put two sealed letters in this bundl[e] [page torn] [D]ated July 17th. July 18th I wrote a letter to the saints from Fox Islands which I sent by Elder T
with several others done up in a wra[per] [page torn] & directed to Phebe (I dreamed this night Sarah Emma was Dead) & spoke of it to Elder Smith in the morning
July 24th I received A letter from Mother & Eunice Woodruff. 25th I wrote a letter to Bishop Ripley. July 29th I wrote a Letter to
Phebe, which I sent by the hand of Sister Jane Benbow, wife of John Benbow, the first family that Recieved me & my testimony in
Herefordshire. I Baptized the whole household 10 in number. He was a large farmer cultivated 600 acres of Land, he sold all out. He let
Us have $1,250 dollars to Print the Hymn Books & 5000 copies of the Book of Mormon. He also advanced $2,500 dollars to help the
company of poor Saints to Nauvvo Nauvoo Ill that went with him was led by Elder Turley 200 in number He gave me $75 dollars
to bear my expenses in opening the work in the city of London in our first mission here. I sent this letter by sister Benbow as an introd-
uction or acquaintance with you, which accquaintance she much desired, their house was always my home while I was in that country they
were worthy people. I Baptized more than a hundred in one pool near their house. He was own brother to Wm Benbow. On the 6th Day of Aug–
I sealed up a package of 42 Letters, & All my Journals from Montrose to England, & the 1 & 3 No's of the Star, & sent to Mrs Woodruff
by the hand of Elder Turley these were all my corresponding letters both from Europe & America, I sent them to you thinking they would
entertain you in a lonely moment or season. Aug 8th one year ago this day, I took the last parting look, with my Dear Phebe to go on a mission
to fulfill the commandments of God. I wrote A Letter this day to Col L. Wight. Aug 10. I wrote 8 Letters this day, 2 to Phebe one to Ephraim-
Luce, one to N. Thomas one to Margarett Smoot, one to Wm Benbow These I enclosed in one package directed to Phebe W Woodruff, the other
2 were to Eunice Woodruff, & B Young one of these letters directed to Phebe contained a £0.10 a half sovreign this whole package I put into
the hand of Elder Turley myself. 11th I parted with Elder Turley. 12th I herd of the Death of Bishop Partridge & of certain signs on
the Miss. River Aug 18th for the first time I entered the city of LONDON the Metropolis of England Pop 1,600,000 with Elders H C Kimball &
G. A. Smith. Mr's Algood sister to Elder Turley wife kindly received Us & I wrote A Letter to Phebe.
19th I wrote a letter to Phebe & inclosed
a sovreign £1 & inclosed both in the Letter which I wrote yesterday & forwarded them by mail to Elder Turley to take to Phebe & they reached
in safty. On the 21st I stood on the top of the Monument built in the memory of the dreadful fire of London in 1666, the highest modern pillar in
the world. J^A^ul^g^y 22nd I received a Letter from Phebe Dated July 2nd which I was truly much rejoiced to receive, & I wrote Phebe 2 letters in return
one yesterday 21st one to day 22nd I enclosed both in one & Also £0.10 half a sovreign for Phebe to buy anything with it she pleased for Sarah
& little Willford, this I sent to T. Turley to convey to Phebe which he obtained, this made £7 seven sovreigns which I sent you by Elder Turley
you informed me in your letter of July 2nd you would like some clothing & a cape to we^a^re on the neck. I immediately sent to Manchester
& got Elder Young to go to the store & Purchased another good winter dress for a large elegant worked cape, a nis^c^e shawl shawl
several yards of flannel, the best pair of linen draperry sheets he could find, & several more caps with some other articles all of which
wer carefully done up & sent to Phebe by Elder Turley & in addition to these a bundle of Presents from a sister Eliza Bromley
in the Staffordshire Potteries which I never saw neither did she tell me what they were, was also sent by Elder Turley. Aug 27th I
wrote another letter to Phebe which I sent by the hand of sister Elizabeth Ravenscroft who went in the same company with Turley. &
this is the reason why I felt sorry that these things could not have fallen into your hands before you went east, that you might enjoyed
the benefit of them & obtained the numerous letters which I s[e]nt [page torn] you by that company for I spared no pains to send you any thing
that was in my power that I thought would make you comfortable, & also comunicated to you by letter evry circumstance of our proced-
ings my labours, the progress of the work, touching upon the sacrafizes we were called to make for the sake of Christ & a Celestial glory
our long seperation, the cause thereof, when I should return. In fine I used evry exertion to comfort your heart what I could knowing that
our seperation had been long, but this seperation was prolonged by no less than the work of God & eternal things, many of these things
were tuched upon, & things about the children on scraps of paper, put into the Parsels, which I expected no eye would see but your
own neithey were they in a suitable state to be forwarded by mail, & the reason that I did not forward you more letters for man⬦
weeks before the company started I was withholding them for private conveyance expectind the company would have started
much sooner than it did. I sent by Elder Turley & the company about a dozen letters of my own hand writing to you besides all my
corresponding letters & Journals as I before said. However as you have not obtained them it cannot be helped though I could have wished it
otherwise, but perhaps you will get the reading of them as soon as I shall the one you sent by Elders O Hide & J. E Page for I have
not yet herd that they have reached N.Y. I have received all your others letters excepting the first & the one just spoken of &
you may rest assured they were a feast & a prize to me, for a letter is next to seeing a friend. Aug 30th sunday we stood in the street in
the city of London & Preached repentance unto the people next Day Baptized one man Henry Corner, Jr.|Henry Corner]] as good a watch maker as there is in the
city of London he is the first man baptized in the city. Sept 5th I visited evry part of west Minister Abbey House of Parliament &c Sept 7th Elder
Turley & 200 saints sail from Liverpool this day. I visited St Pauls Cathedral from the Crypt to the ball being 400 feet in the air & the largest in the world
except the Vat^c^ian at Rome. On the 8th I saw Prince Albert at Buckingham Palace. 9th I called upon Mrs Algood, sister to Mrs Turley she
made me a present of a pair of twesers & a nice ring to put keys on to carry to my wife. I purchased a pocket watch that was in pond I paid £2.10. ^S^ Br
Corner cleaned it for me, said it cost £10 when it was made, it was a horizontal watch, caped & Jeweld in 4 holes, with centre second. Sept 10th I left
London to go to Herefordshire to attend two conferences. Sept 14th I attended a conference at Bran Green & Gadfield Elm Chapel in Worcestershire
16th I preached in Elder Kingtons House, we had baptized 50 of the church of Engli^a^nd with most of their musicians in the Town of Dymock The Recter
of the church came against me with a mob of 100 while I was preaching parraded them before the house rank & file under the beat of Drums,
pots, pans, kittles, pails &c & cast a shower of stones & brick through the house for an hour dashed in the windows broke in the roof & though brick stones
& glass flew through the rooms like hail no one ^one^ was injured. The Rector was not present himself but done through his means. On the 21stsept I
held a conference i^a^t Froom's Hill & at these Two conferences I herd Represented 40 churches, 1007 Saints, 19 Elders, 78 Priest, 15 Teachers,
& 1 Deacon All of which had received the work in that one field (which I opened in March) within six months & a half, one hundred of which
were preachers of the various orders of the Day. including four Clarks of the Church of England thus the Lord has been vary merciful
unto me & blessed me abudantly in my labours for which I feel vary thankful. there has been several hundred added unto those churches
since. Sept 26th I obtained the 7, 8, & 9th No of the Times & Seasons. 28th I attended a conference in the Staffordshire Potteries, herd 231 (saints
represented & 59 officers there was ownly (60) saints in that region when I first commenced my labours there, they now NO near 600.
much of the power of God is manifested in this region about these days. Oct 5th I rode by coach 36 miles to Manchester with Elder Kimball
was sick, had sumthing like a shake of the ague, it being the first & last i have felt since I left America, here I once more met with the Twelve I wrote
A Letter to Phebe. Oct 6th I sat with the Twelve in a general conference in Manchester, & Herd Represented 41 conferences & churches containing
3,626 Saints. 81 Elders, 222 Priests, 64 Teachers, & 16 Deacons increase for the last 3 months 1113 Saints 25 E. 96 P. 3 T. & 3 Deacons beside
about 300 saints & official members who have emegrated to Nauvoo & Iowa making about 1400 addition in three months. Oct 7th I attended a
a discussion at the carpenters hall, to hear a man attempt to prove the Book of Mormon fals & Baptism not essensial, 2000 persons present as the debate was
about to commence a strange Phenomenon happened, the chandeliers contained 36 gas lights⬦ to lighten the Hall, instantly one thirt^d^ of them being 12 in No
birst to attoms. The debate ended with great additions to the saints, (I wrote a letter of great length to the Editors of the Times & Seasons containing
two sheets the size of this printed full giving an account of my travels from Montrose up to the present time oct 7th this I sent by the hand of
Elder S Mulliner & also your letter Dated Oct 5th I was also informed that Turley left one letter which I wrote to you with Elder Tay^i^lor which through mistake
this was also sent by Br Mulliner making two for you & one for the Editors He sailed in few days after from Liverpool to Nauvoo via New-
Orleans. Occ^t^ 17th I preached in Birmingham & 18th again in London. 19th I visited the British Museum I saw Pyparus enough to make a hundred
volumns as large as the Bible if decypher'ed. I will tell you about it when I see you. 22 I hired an Academy to preach in in London printed 500 handbills
to notify the people. This day for the first time I herd of the Death of our Dear little Sarah Emma it pe^i^erced my heart like an arrow, but I was soon resigned
the news came in a letter from Manchester, in the evening I attended a missionary meeting Lord Mayor of London was Chairman. 23rd I received two letters
one from Br Ilus. F. Carter the other from sister Sarah Foss I was truly glad to hear from them. 24th wrote a lenghty letter to Elias Smith, requested him to
show it to Mrs Woodruff. 26th Postman brought me 7 letters from the following[,] persons H. C. Kimball, J. Tai^y^lor, O. Pratt, (John Smith, Elias Smith,
Phebe W. Woodruff Albert Petty Margarrett Smoot,) & Hiram Clark. Phebes was Dated July 18th which spoke of the Death & burial of [FIGURE] Sarah Emma
this letter was interesting & affecting I coppied in^t^ in my Journal. On the 28th I finished a long communication written to E Robinson
& D. C. Smith signed Kimball, W. Woodruff & G. A. Smith. It was a religious & Historical Letter our labours in London &c I sent it for publication (on
the 30th of Oct. I wrote A long letter to Phebe W. W., A. Petty, M. T. Smoot, & G. W. Robinson & Directed it to G. W. Robinson with P. W. W.
on the bottom this in answer to yours of 18th I hope you will obtain it) Nov 2nd I received a letter from Mother Woodruff. on the Death of uncle
Joseph Hart. It came to my hand the same as your last did, for I was writing to them printing a sheet full like this when I received their letter
the letter was Dated Nov 2nd which I sent them they got it in 16 Days from its Date) Nov 5th I Received another letter from Phebe & Br Wm O Clark
Dated Sept 8th, & I am sorry that while your letters were comforting my heart, that you could not have obtained some of my communications
instead of feeling the emosions of seeming neglect on my part while at the same time I was constantly writing, to you.) I was writing a letter to
George W. Robinson Nov 5th when your last named letter came to hand, I then directed the remainder to you & informed of the Dates of all the letters
I had sent you the same as I am now doing
Nov 7th I wrote a full letter to Br Ilus F, Carter. Directed it 118 Bleaker St corner of w⬦st⬦r NY
Please tell me when you write again if he received it. (9th I herd of the Death of Joseph Smith sen.) Nov 9th I wrote a vary long letter
to Father & Mother Carter the size of this sheet printed it full, made large extracts from your letters in it & told them about many things in this
country & wrote some to sister Foss in it. I hope they obtained it, if so tell me when you write.) 18th I wrote a letter to Azmon & Thompson Woodruff
the ownly letter I have written them since I have been in England. 21st Queen Victoria gave birth to a princes this day.
Nov 22 [FIGURE] I commenced the most
lengthy communication to Phebe that I ever wrote her, made extracts from 30 corresponding letters from various parts of Europe giving an account
of the work of the Lord throughout this land, a part of which I requested to be presented to the Editors for publication. I directed it to Phebe. w. Woodruff,
& mailed it at the American Coffee House in London on the 26th
29th Baptized 3 in the citiy. Dec 3rd I Received A Letter from Phebe Dated oct[.] 6th
[10] 16th Elder Kimball got one from his wife both brought n^g^ood news of interest. Elder Young was with us to day we visited the. Tower of London. contain-
ing all the British Armoury & Jewelry crowns &c.) 4th Kimball wrote to his wife. 7th we all visited the collage [page torn] Surgeons with Doctor Copeland. which
was interesting.
8th I visited the Queens Mews or Pimlico containing all her state & private coaches [page torn] [h]arness, horses, & many other things.
I dined with her state coachman, his wife made me a present for Mrs Woodruff. 12th I wrote a few lines to Phebe Br Kimballs letter. 16th I
received an interesting letter from sister Eunice Woodruff. Phebe requests me to get my portrait taken. I have complyed with her request
& taken my first sitting Dec 23rd by an Italian Artist of the first class By the name of Fillippo Pistrucci I formed an acquaintance with him by
means of Mr Sangiovanni the Italian that married the Daughter of Br Rogers that lived joining our room. we have visited him a number of times
she was happy to see us & wishes to be baptized. Mr Pistrucci, one of the best Artist but he charges high for his work. He freequently charges £10 or $50
for the same that he is taking for me, but for friends £5. half price. But he does mine for £2.10 about $12 $12. Dec 25 spent a Christmas in London
took supper the Day following with Mr & Mrs Sangiovanni. 27th Sunday I preached in an Independant chapel, would seat about 2000 (I have
since Baptized the Preachers Daughter, & the Preacher & his wife is going forward to be Baptized next Saturday) 28th herd a lecture delivered by
the celebrated J. S. Buckingham who has just returned to London from a tour of three years in the U. S. A. he spoke highly of America
January 1st 1841 I wrote a lengthy peace in my Journal upon the close of the year & the signs of (1840) I looked over my Journal of 1840 & the following
is a brief synopsis of my labours during the past Year (Travled in England & Wales visited the following Towns & Cities Liverpool, Preston,
Manchester, Burslem, Hanly, Stafford, Woolverhampton, Birmingham, Worcester, Hereford, Ledbury, Marlvern Hills, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Oxford, LONDON
many other places not named.) Travled 4319 Miles, Held 230 meetings, Esstablished 53 Preaching Places, Planted 47 Church & Jointly
organized the same which numbers 1500 Saints 28 Elders, 110 Priest 24 Teachers & 10 Deacons, Atteneded 14 Conferences, Baptized
336. 57 were Preachers assisted at the Baptism of 86 others. Confirmed 420, Assisted in confirming 50 others, Ordained 18 Elders
97 Priest, 34 Teachers & 1 Deacon. Blessed 120 children. Administered unto 120 sick persons by prayer, annointing, & laying on of hands
in many Instances the sick were healed, the lame walked, & Devils were cast out. I wrot 200 Letters & Recieved 120 Letters.
Assisted Jointly procured £1000 pounds, for Publishing the Latter Day Saints Millennial Star, 3000 copies of the Hymn Book
5000 copies of the Book of Mormon, & to assist 200 Saints to Emigrate to Nauvoo & Iowa so you can see I have not been Idle
During 1840. Jan 1st 1841. Another year has begun, I celebrated the New Years Day by Baptizing 2 persons in Tabernacle
square. Jan 4th [FIGURE] I wrote A few lines to Phebe & Sister Kimball in a letter which Br Kimball wrote home. 5th I took a second
sitting for my Portrait. [FIGURE] 4th I dreamed of seeing Phebe & Willfor, had a plesant interview with them attended or held a meeting
together may the Lord hasten the time. 7th I received a letter form Phebe Dated Nov 2nd felt thankful to hear from her so
often. Pardon me for hastily overlooking one vary important letter Dated Oct 16th & signed W. O. Woodruff, who makes a request
for me to come home as he wishes to se me. His request is certainly consistant & Just & shall be complyed with in April next the
Lord willing & I feel that he is. I also have just received a letter from Lorenzo Snow bearing a message from Mrs Woodruff which
shall be complyed with. Jan 8th coldest day in London for four years yet I went into the water & Baptized the Daughter of
an Independant Minister. 10th Sunday Elder Kimball has gone to Woolwich to Preach I held 3 meetings in London & while breaking
bread with the Saints A Lady entered the door presented me a letter of Recommendation to the church from under the hands of Elder L. R.
Foster Presiding Elder of the church in the city of New York. It was Sister (Ellen Balfour Redman) Br Taiylor & myself staid at at
her house the night before we left New York she is a Scotch Lady of the first Rank & education, she has traveld much through the
East Indies others parts of the world, ship wrecked a number of times, taken once by Indians, once by Pirates, then come to London w[page torn]
Governess in several families of the first Lords in London, taught the La[n]guages, & French, Italic, & music, then went to N[page torn]
herd the fulness of the gospel, received it, Has returned to London, Is visiting frends & acqunintance sitting in high places, & la[page torn]
fullness of the gospel before them, is about to present a Book of Mormon to Her Majesty the Queen, for us through the instrumentali[page torn]
of a member of Parliament with whom she is acquainted. She wishes to write a few lines to you in this sheet, which will be granted
Jan 12th We Baptized 5, Doctor Copeland one of the Number, a man of talent, learning, & influence, & will do good. Jan 13th [FIGURE] I comme-
nced a long letter to Phebe had not wrote but a few lines before I received one from her Dated in New York on her way to
her fathers House, & before this time I trust she is in the midst of the family circle. 15th Baptized 3 & confirmed them
16th Saturday night Elder Kimball has just written a little in this letter to Phebe & has gone to Woolwich 10 miles out of the city
to preach tomorrow so I held my meeting alone in London. Now Phebe I must draw to a close, as sister Redman wishes
to write a few lines to you, I have made these extracts from my Journal to let you know the letters I have written to you some
of these things I have written you before in other letters but as you have not obtained them, I thought it proper to speak of them in this letter
Though I have said much in this sheet I have much more I wish to say, had I room, I wish you to write me Immediately after the reception
of this & give me all the news about our friends in Maine tell me if sister Kimball has sent you any of the letters which I wrote you & sent to
to Nauvoo, you wish me to bring means to pay your fare back with me in the spring, I shall of course want your company on my return west
& I wish you in your next to tell me what the fare was from Nauvoo to Portland that I may be prepared if possible with means so as to be com[fort][page torn]
able in our journey. My expences have been great in esstablinshing the work in London, But thank the Lord he hath put means into my ha[nds] [page torn]
it, & the work is now going on well, & many favorable doors now opening for a rapid spread of the work in London. I have laboured [consid][page torn]
erable in London Elder Kimball is with me now, I have also just been procur[i]ng several choice articles which I [page torn]
use for instance I wanted me A Pocket watch that I could depend upon in all circumstances & in order to perfect this I t[page torn]
would improve the opportunity while I had it so I got Br Corner to make me one according to my liking, so he has made [page torn]
which he warrants to keep good time, as long as I live unless some accident happens to it, he did not charge any thing for his work ownly the
materials & expens out & that came to £6.10 or $30. It is a Patent Lever caped & di^a^mond or jeweld in 8 holes, Roman Dial with my name on it
& a double Bottom Hunter, He says he never made a better watch. He is also making me a Patent Lever House time Peace set in a small brass
stand for Phebe instead of a clock. Though this article costs more than a clock yet it is much more convenient to set in any part of the room
I shall sell the first watch that I spoke of in this letter when I arive in America to assist me with means as I do not want but one, I will
try to remember your collar & Veil, I sent you & sister Smoot each a Hymn Book with your naimes names on it in guilt. I will bring
a coppy of the Star, I have sent them to Father Carter, Father Woodruff, & to you at Nauvoo. I have a present of three china
pitchers, quart, Pint, & half pint, bearing the following names in gold Willford Woodruff. Phebe W. Woodruff & Sarah Emma-
Woodruff. which I shall take with me & some other articles for little Sarah, But the poor child is gone, but I must c[o]me to a close
I have many other things I wish to speak of give my respects to all of Father Carters Houshold. father mother Brothers & Sisters,
& take a good share to yourself & little willford kiss the lad for me, I want to see you both there is no mistake about it, Please
not expose this Letter out of the family, esspecially upon temporal things (write soon & Direct your next Letter to W. Woodruff
40 Ironmonger ^Row^ Saint Lukes London, & you will much obliege you[r] companion in a foreign land
Willford Woodruff
[upside-down text][Ellen Balfour Redman] My dear Sister in the Lord
Your companion, dear Brother Woodruff has been so kindly indulgent as to
permit me the privelege of adding a few lines to his letter -- which I esteem a great favour. I understand, My
dear Sister that you propose passing the intervening time of your Husband's absence, with your family --
it is very natural that your heart should turn to your parental home in your desolate Situation — but let
me ^charge you^ in the language of sincere Sisterly affection to remember that you belong to the Covenant people of the
Lord. Remember the trials you have already endured for Righteousness' sake -- and how great will be your
reward in Heaven. Now beloved Sister that you are for a time removed from the body of the Church, it behooves you
to be doubly watchful and prayerful that so you may not fall into a lukewarm state — let your light shine — you know
not the good effect it may have under the influence of the Divine Spirit upon the Souls of those among whom you may
be thrown nor how many it may be the means of adding to the Kingdom -- of our great Redeemer hold fast then
that to which you have attained that no man take your crown. The most fervent prayers of my Soul shall daily
be offered up to the throne of Grace for you and your Babe. I will pray the Eternal Father in the name of his
Son that he pour upon you every needful Blessing temporal or spiritual — that he support and uphold you by
his Grace and grant you to live day by day, by faith in the Son of God that he supply by his presence the loss of
your Husband's Society — comfort and cheer your drooping Spirits until My dear Brother shall return to make
glad your heart — accept my best love yourself — and a sweet kiss for your Babe — from your truly affectionate
Sister in the Lord —
Ellen Balfour Redman [end of upside-down text]
Jan 11st
NB My Dear Companion, though I have said much in this letter &
massed together many Broaken sentences upon a great variety of
subjects great & small temporal & spiritual, yet I have said but little
concerning the presient state of affairs & prospect &c But when
I write again I may have room to speak of some things that I
omit in this But as to the progress of the work we have nothing but
good news from this country Brother Kimball has given you
some information upon the progress of the work in what he has writt-
en & I will further add & our present mission has been of much impo-
rtance, in advancing the cause & through the mercy of God we have
been enabled to lay the foundation of a mighty work throughout
Europe. We have not ownly esstablished churches in all of the largest
cities i& towns in England, Wales, Scotland & Irieland, But Elders
are already in South Australia (16,000 miles) & the East Indies
& Germany & their never was a day when it was progressing
with the same rapidity as at the present time. There will be
a great & important work here in London It has been hard starting
the work here because we had not power to get at the minds of
the people as soon as in other places we laboured harder to get the
first 20 Baptized in London than we should now to Baptize 100 for
several of the London papers are printing against us which brings
our cause into note & we are begining to have crouded congregations
& that is what we want for if we can get people to hear they will
believe & recieve it if they are honest & willing to receive the truth. I
have had the fullest meetings to day I have ever had in London (17th)
8 were added since last sabbath, & 5 offered for Baptism at the
close of the meeting to, night, we are about to hire a larger chapel
London is a very important place & will be the cenetre point
of the saints for all Europe, & we feel anxious to leave a good
standard here when we return home, I shall contine my labours
in London untill March except I may be absent a few days to attend
a conference in Scotland & Ireland, we shall have a conference
in London before we leave for New York which will be [e]arly in
the spring. My Dear friend be of good cheer let your heart be comfo-
rted, we have been seperated long it is true, but it has been for Christ
sake, we shall not loose our reward, by our sacrafize many souls
have been comforted, & I trust will be saved in the kingdom of God
I feel that the time is near when we shall great each other once more
give me your prayers. you & Willford constantly have mine, could
my heart prayers & pen speak they would tell you they had not forgott
you on any occasion although you may not have herd their voice since
the 8th of Last July. Good night Phebe, may God bless you & the lad & prepare
us to meet with all the saints in a celestial glory with all our kindred.
W. W.
18th Good morning Phebe I thought I would scribble a few more
lines & maill my letter. I dont know as you will be able to make out
all my scribling, but what you cannot read I will help you when I come
home. I shall look for a letter in answer to this I hope it will safely
fall into your hands. I am glad you left word for the things & letters
which I sent to be left with Sister Kimball. The American Brethren are
mostly well in this country. Elder Smith has been much troubled with a
lung complaint is now in Staffordshire Potteries Elder Hedlock has been sick
with the same complaint, bad cold &c is in Glasgow & Paisley their is
about 500 saints in that Part of Scotland O. Pratt has laboured since
he first came to England in the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh & has baptized
there 120 saints & the work now Prosperous, he like myself is enjoying the
best of health. J. Taylor has mostly laboured from the begining in —
Liverpool where he now is & well. has baptized 120 in Liverpool & 20
in the Isle of Man. Elder Young is there also Binding the Book of Mormon
He is fat & well, But He like all the rest of us wants to see his wife & children
200 Saints sail from Liverpool the 1st of Feb for Nauvoo via
New Orleans led by Hiram Clark many of the company will be there
I have Baptized in Herefordshire. Many hundreds will go next April
the Emigration of the saints to America will be vary great from Europe
when you write tell me if Ilus F Carter address is 118 Bleaker St corner of westes
ive lost his addres tell me whare all the friends are & what they are doing
viz Father Mother Fabyan, Ezra, Sarah, Rhoda, Phebe, Shuah, Mary, &c &c.
I want to hear from them all. Did Fabyan & Luther have a plesent Journey
how did they like the country &c. Adieu untill I hear from you again
WW
Sister Sarah Foss, I wish you in connexion with the rest of the friends an agreeable
& happy visit with Phebe as she is thro[u]gh the kind providence of God permitted
to spend the winter with you, I trust while together you will be an assistance
to each other in the spiritual things of the kingdom I trust you will remem-
ber me before the Lord, that I may once more return in safety. truly we have
been called to make great sacrafizes for the kingdom of God & Christ sake, & this
has been the case with the children of God in evry age of the world, & while the
gentile nations of the present day are using evry exertion to secure unto themselves
earthly Honors, wealth, greatness, ease, & momentary pleasure. My object
is to do the will of God, to act for the salvation of the children of men, & labour
to secure for myself, my wife & children an eternal inheritance, everlasting
joy, & an unfading crown, in the celestial glory & mansion of my fathers
kingdom, & while I know for myself & not another that the cause in which
i am ingaged is of God & not of man, I cheerfully & freely leave it for the
first Resurrection, the judgment of the great day, & the eternal world to
deside who is wise in these things. May God Bless us all & enable us to over-
come & see that no man take our crown for Christs sake, from your Brother
W. Woodruff
Private Phebe when you write again if their is any small articles that you
need wearing apparel or any thing els make mention of it & if my means
permit I will get it, IShould you wish a pair of stays or any other article
speak of it) would it not be best for me to leave my baggage bed
trunks &c in New York except what we need while visiting in the east
W. W.
the Postman has just handed me 4 letters one from Elder Young in Liverp[ool]
wishes us to be prepared to set sail by the first of April for New York so write
immediately & direct to me in L[iverpool] [page torn] I have requested in the letter.
W. W.
Mrs Phebe W. Woodruff
In care of Ezra Carter
Scarborough
Maine
United States
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Willford Woodruff
London Jan 13th 1841
Answered
[Heber Chase Kimball] ^you see I had to stop fore the want of room H C Kimball^
London Ja the 16 1841
Dear Sister in Christ, I wish you a happy new year in the name
mame [name] of Jesus Christ. hoping that it may truly be the case. and as you have
gon down among your friends in the East. that it may prove a blessing to you
and also to them. Br Wilford and my self are here in London. together. we
are quite happy. the Lord is with us, and our labours are blest. and we feel
to Rejoice in the Lord. fore he is good, and he has all power. and he has set his
hand the 2 time to Recover his peopl which are the hous of Isreal. and has
sent his Angel to commit the Everlasting gospell. and I know it fore I
have hurd the voice of the Lord from the heavens, declaring these things
to me. we know it is true. and it will stand. and we know that Evry
man and woman that Rises up to oppose this work will be brought
down sooner or later. fore the Lord will not prosper anny one who
fight against this work. there fore dear Sister be of good cheer. fore all
thing will go right in the End. I have no douts but what we shall have
much trouble to pass through in that land. I have now [no] doubts but we shall
be driven from place to place, in order to purge the church and clense
it from all dross, and prepare it fore his own use. you know the Lord
ses Evry thing that can be shaken will be shaking and what cannot
be shaken will Remain. all things will go right. and we feel well about it
you know the world thought when we was driven from Missouri. we had come
to nought, but just look and see the work has spread through out that vast
continent. it would not have been done if the saints had not been scattered
without the Lord had taken some other way. so the Elders went Evry whare preachin[g]
you know well the time that Elder Hide ^and my self my self^ first came to England. we stade here
nine months. baptised near 1500 souls. since we came over this time we
have baptised. 4000 souls more. we shall number more than 5500 souls
at this time. we have baptised more then 200 preachers of diffrent orders and
most of them have been ordained. are now preaching the gospell. the most
part of them was were Meathodst preachers. we have at this time 500 officiel
members. the grater part are preaching this gospell. it is spreding in all
parts of this land, and thare is no power that can stope it. fore it must go
and we feel to glory[fiy] God in the Highest, we shall come home in the spring if [page torn]
Lord will. give my love to all of your friends my best love to you. Heber C Ki[mball] [page torn]