give me all the news you have when you write
I shall write to you again after I visit the Church
& get to work about my Master business which I am
determined shall not be long. Give my respects
to all who inquire I wish to share an interest in
your prayers & the prayers of all Saints for we
need them for wickedness reigns. I hope you will
excuse my short epistle & haste in writing at this time
for my main object at this time was merely to
inform you of our arival in England
That health, temperance, truth, wisdom the [page torn]
of God may rest upon us, & health contentment per [page torn]
& the blessing of heaven may rest upon you & all Saints
is the prayer if your Friend & Companion Phebe. W. Woodruff Willford Woodruff
give me all the news you have when you write
I shall write to you again after I visit the Church
& get to work about my Master business which I am
determined shall not be long. Give my respects
to all who inquire I wish to share an interest in
your prayers & the prayers of all Saints for we
need them for wickedness reigns. I hope you will
excuse my short epistle & haste in writing at this time
for my main object at this time was merely to
inform you of our arival in England
That health, temperance, truth, wisdom the page torn
of God may rest upon us, & health contentment per page torn
& the blessing of heaven may rest upon you & all Saints
is the prayer if your Friend & Companion
Phebe. W. Woodruff Willford Woodruff
"Letter to Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff, 12 January 1840," p. 3, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 20, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/j3z