the most because she would want to save them in
the family I canot write much now for I
want to say sumthing to the other children
your Affectionate Father W Woodruff

Dear Clarrie I want you to be a good girl and
help your mother, and mind her, you are getting
old Enough to lay aside all childish and nauty
ways and begin to be a good young Lady I wish
to hear a good report of you I want to have
you learn what you can this winter I
hear a vary bad report of many young people in salt
Lake City. I hope my boys and girls will be good
I should feel vary bad to have them do wrong to swair
steal and become wicked I want to have you learn to pray,
Pray the Lord to Bless poor Blanch and make her well
I love my children when they are good and it makes
me feel bad when they are Naughty I send you some
raisens By Brother Wilckin. Your Affectioate Father W Woodruff

Dear Owen, I hope you are a good Boy, and say your prayers
and are kind to your Ma, Nelly, Asahel & Clarrie and help
take good care of poor Blanch I want to have you be
careful & not say any words that are Nauty and then the Lord
will love you I sent you a package of raisions and a Brass
top I think Asahel can show you how to ^s^pin it I want
to say to Asahel that I want to have him excuse my
not writing to him now I will remember him next
time He has done well bean a good Boy and He shall
be Blesed and you have my Blessings

Your Affectionate Father

W Woodruff

the most because she would want to save them in the family I canot write much now for I want to say sumthing to the other children your Affectionate Father W Woodruff

Dear Clarrie I want you to be a good girl and help your mother, and mind her, you are getting old Enough to lay aside all childish and nauty ways and begin to be a good young Lady I wish to hear a good report of you I want to have you learn what you can this winter I hear a vary bad report of many young people in salt Lake City. I hope my boys and girls will be good I should feel vary bad to have them do wrong to swair steal and become wicked I want to have you learn to pray, Pray the Lord to Bless poor Blanch and make her well I love my children when they are good and it makes me feel bad when they are Naughty I send you some raisens By Brother Wilckin. Your Affectioate Father W Woodruff

Dear Owen, I hope you are a good Boy, and say your prayers and are kind to your Ma, Nelly, Asahel & Clarrie and help take good care of poor Blanch I want to have you be careful & not say any words that are Nauty and then the Lord will love you I sent you a package of raisions and a Brass top I think Asahel can show you how to spin it I want to say to Asahel that I want to have him excuse my not writing to him now I will remember him next time He has done well bean a good Boy and He shall be Blesed and you have my Blessings

Your Affectionate Father

W Woodruff