I recieved your
Letter of Sept 5, and was glad to hear
from you. The Last I heard from Sarah
they were improving but Bell was still
poorly all the rest were better Clara
got better EmmaBlanch& Alice are with
her on a visit though Blanch is going to
the Academy but stays there to keep Clara
company Sharp WalkerSidney H. Beaty
are both Dead. Beaty died last night
It is ^as^ well for both of them to be dead
as alive As to myself I am in the enjoyment
of fair health but I never knew what it
was to be busy before in my Life, but I
thought weI had but I was mistaken
all the burnds that was upon president Taylor is turned over upon me in abot
50 per cent added intending my own affect
W. W.
Sept 12th 87
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST.
OF
LATTER-DAY SAINTS.
GIBSON MILLER & RICHARDSON OMAHA.
I recieved your
Letter of Sept 5, and was glad to hear
from you. The Last I heard from Sarah
they were improving but Bell was still
poorly all the rest were better Clara
got better EmmaBlanch& Alice are with
her on a visit though Blanch is going to
the Academy but stays there to keep Clara
company Sharp WalkerSidney H. Beaty
are both Dead. Beaty died last night
It is as well for both of them to be dead
as alive As to myself I am in the enjoyment
of fair health but I never knew what it
was to be busy before in my Life, but I
thoughtI had but I was mistaken
all the burnds that was upon president
Taylor is turned over upon me in abot
50 per cent added intending my own affect
"Letter to Leslie Woodruff Snow, 12 September 1887," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/51GA