16th Sister Foss family appears some better to day Sarah Elizabeth appears some on the mend she may
yet live. Mrs Woodruff spent the day with them
~ Sunday
17th Sunday Sister Foss family are about the same
to day A number of friends called to see them Luther & Rhoda Scammans & Ezra Carter Jr
was among the number I spent part of the day with
them [FIGURE] I mailed two letters to day one to M Holmes
stating that I should start on Thursday Nov. 21 & I
mailed one letter to Father & mother Woodruff
~ Monday
18th I spent most of the day at father Carters called
at Sister Fosses in the evening they were all on the
mend a little
~ Tuesday
19th I had some Thomsonian medicine of George
Sewell for which he charge me {four dollars} I spent
most of the day at father Carters. Sister Foss &
family are still on the mend
~ Wednesday
20th Nov 1844. Took the parting hand for the
last time for some years with Father and Mother Carter & the family Left our little
girl Phebe Amelia with them I wrote a
[FIGURE] letter to Sister Shuah Moulton before we left
& inclosed in it a portion of the lock of hair
of Sarah Emma Woodruff which she sent
us we divided it & returned a part. Father
Carter took us in the wagon to Saco. on the
way we stoped to take our farewell of Sister Foss & her family who were sick. Sister foss
was better but not able to set up much. Sarah -
Elizabeth was not so well her sickness was turning
into the Lung fever Ira was sum better they appe[are]d
excited at partei◊ng with us we rode to Saco & spent the night
~ Saturday
16th Sister Foss family appears some better to day
Sarah Elizabeth appears some on the mend she may
yet live. Mrs Woodruff spent the day with them
~ Sunday
17th Sunday Sister Foss family are about the same
to day A number of friends called to see them
Luther & Rhoda Scammans & Ezra Carter Jr
was among the number I spent part of the day with
them [FIGURE] I mailed two letters to day one to M Holmes
stating that I should start on Thursday Nov. 21 & I
mailed one letter to Father & mother Woodruff
~ Monday
18th I spent most of the day at father Carters called
at Sister Fosses in the evening they were all on the
mend a little
~ Tuesday
19th I had some Thomsonian medicine of George
Sewell for which he charge me {four dollars} I spent
most of the day at father Carters. Sister Foss &
family are still on the mend
~ Wednesday
20th Nov 1844. Took the parting hand for the
last time for some years with Father and
Mother Carter & the family Left our little
girl Phebe Amelia with them I wrote a
[FIGURE] letter to Sister Shuah Moulton before we left
& inclosed in it a portion of the lock of hair
of Sarah Emma Woodruff which she sent
us we divided it & returned a part. Father
Carter took us in the wagon to Saco. on the
way we stoped to take our farewell of Sister
Foss & her family who were sick. Sister foss
was better but not able to set up much. Sarah -
Elizabeth was not so well her sickness was turning
into the Lung fever Ira was sum better they appeared
excited at parting with us we rode to Saco & spent the night
"Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)," November 16, 1844 - November 20, 1844, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/GN7