Letter from Joseph Russell, 20 February 1850 [LE-11747]

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Miramichi

President W. Wolfoodd Woodruff

Bloved Brother

your very acptable letter
came Duly to hand of Date 9th February wthe its
place of Intelagence of the Right Kind which
I am Ever Indeted to you for to geather with
the Guardian of [Deals] 26th No 24 in

Brother Woodruff. Prest take it for granted
that I Can only Render him a Recompence
of Reward, by a [illegible] Rendering my waramest and
Greatfull thanks for all the past favors
and kind atintion togather with Every [Infatme]
that ^I^ Could desire. it is quite an Excitment
to us and to and Revives ours spirits and Enables
^us^ to Rejoice in hope. when I write to y I feel
as if I weare some thing Gelty becas I have
no Intelingence to give you. but I know
that you know the lockalets of this Dark
Sect and Carnes of the Sacttearous pregdizd and as [and]
I think that it be will be a Desired Day
when I will have my Back towards it
yet that ^is^ Defactly Induring up after Defactly
that was now foresawed Before, yet not able
to prevent the Designes of and purposess of
my havenly Father. this is no Dute but
I well have to Leve some of my [possable] old busness
behind for some one to do

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I feel to day to Br Woodruff that I have been
Rather poorly some time this wanter which
has been Desagotory to my progress but I know
that I have the benafid of your Prayers.
I have absirved the Pasage of Presedente youngs
wish to you, also all your Councel, with a willing
hart, if my Father in heaven will give me
Strenth acording to my Day, althow I am
no Capatlest. I feel to be afelent to the
Law ofGods Kingdom with what littel he
might be Pleased to give me. with that
and my Self and my Famely in the
vallay I fill that all wold ^be^ will for a happy
Eternity, being always obedent to the Law.

I wold have wrote to you before this but
george told me that he was to write and
I told ^my^ to stele a fend thing to ^you^ can [enduring]
Buy Busness and yours. So this is that
Pay that I promased to write to you.

Georeg give me to know that he had given
you a herst wher you might cash your
Bill. that togather with Prst Carter goodness
I hope you will have no truble

ther is no chance frome heare that I could
have aney confidence and the Bank will Do
nothing in that way. So I inclose
in this the first & second of Exching of a
Bill of £85 Eighty five pounds sting
at Sixty Days Sight which will Realize
four hundred ^Dollars^ if you get its worth

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I will forward the third Dirict of
of Exching nex past. in Recept of this
you will Do will dto wille Emedetely to
let me know.

I Supose you will soon be making
prepertions for your Exodis you will
have to write me when you are about
to Start not withstanding how after before
also when you arrive at the Bluffs
and when you leve for the valley with
Every Information.

I thought that
I had as will till you when I minded
of it in case I Should forget.

this Leves my famaly all
wil[page torn] and george and this all will
and we are unated in our warmest
love and Respects to Brother & Sister
Woodruff
and their famaly hopping
that the [mascesess] of God will gide you
Safe to the valley in Health

ands lettel Branch is all fathfull
and gives their Love to you. We canot grow
aney thing ^now^ for the Prests of all ther
own denamations have garbed ther own
pepel to come near so in that we are left
alone I Reman your Brother in the
Ever lasting Gospel

Joseph Russell

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Mr. Wilford Woodruff
Cambridge Port
Massachusetts
U.S.

[upside-down text] Joseph Russell
Feb 20th 1850
Answered March 17th 1850 [end of upside-down text]

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[ROBHINPTON]
MAR
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Me

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MIRAMICHI-N.B.
PAID

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ST JOH[N]
MA 4
1850
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ST AN[DRE]WS
MA 5
1850
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