visited the Liverpool New Market which is exceding splended. We
shall take the cars for Preston on Mondy we cannot pass the
Custom house officers untill that tine our trunks are still
on boord the Oxford where they must be examined on Mondy
I have just written a Letter to Ilus Carter & one to PP P^r^att
both of New York City The reason of my writig to you
& other friends this evenig is because a packet Ship Sails
tomorrow morning for New York by which I shall send my
letters As it happens it appears that Elder Taylor & myself
were the first of our quorum that left Commerce to perform
this journey & the first that arivd in Englad. but I expet sone
of the rest will soon follow us Elder P.P. Pratt said when
we left him we might look for him soon. I can
not tell you anything about the Saints in this country for
you see I have not had time as yet to see them or
hear any thing about them. phebe dont fail to write to
me often I want to hear from you much as I have
ownly had one letter from you since I left Montrose
remember to Direct to Preston, Lancashire, England I will
pay the postage on all my letters to New York & then they will
pass safe both ways & if you will do the same I shall obtain
yours, please inform me of the dates of all letters you
recieve from me (I have sent you some little money & ♢
wish to know if you have recievd it)
visited the Liverpool New Market which is exceding splended. We
shall take the cars for Preston on Mondy we cannot pass the
Custom house officers untill that tine our trunks are still
on boord the Oxford where they must be examined on Mondy
I have just written a Letter to Ilus Carter & one to PP Pratt
both of New York City The reason of my writig to you
& other friends this evenig is because a packet Ship Sails
tomorrow morning for New York by which I shall send my
letters As it happens it appears that Elder Taylor & myself
were the first of our quorum that left Commerce to perform
this journey & the first that arivd in Englad. but I expet sone
of the rest will soon follow us Elder P.P. Pratt said when
we left him we might look for him soon. I can
not tell you anything about the Saints in this country for
you see I have not had time as yet to see them or
hear any thing about them. phebe dont fail to write to
me often I want to hear from you much as I have
ownly had one letter from you since I left Montrose
remember to Direct to Preston, Lancashire, England I will
pay the postage on all my letters to New York & then they will
pass safe & if you will do the same I shall obtain
yours, please inform me of the dates of all letters you
recieve from me (I have sent you some little money &
wish to know if you have recievd it)
"Letter to Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff, 12 January 1840," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/g3l