Beloved Brother Woodruff
your Esteemed favor came
Duely to hand of Date 24th August, we wear very
happey to know of your safe aravel in the
bo^s^som of your Famely and finding them
all will, and you agine Injoying the Blissings of
Helth ^with^ them, no dute it was a boring passige for
the destince but it des not follow that bad Efacts
Results from sea sickness—when I Receved your
letter we weare all Injoying good helth Just as you left us
us with thankfulness to owr father in Heaven
ther is no dout but but you will think that
I have been very neglent in not writing sooner
my only Reson was that the Seals of the property
was drawing nigh. I thought that I wold know the
^Spirit of the^ publuck on the matter before my Repley
before the day of the seal I saed that ther was but
^littel^ prospact, under that vewe I gave the terems of the
seal under three Instalments say one therd on
delevery and the other too therd pabel in the first
of June (51) the other in (52) the same deal, yet it ^was^ to
no purpose althow ther was a great Crowd of genteel
men gathered of owr most Respactablety and some
frome [predevacton] and [sats Johns] they bid up to
five hunderd pounds, only to proove my Infotuation
and mead a stop, to convence them ^of my cencirety^ I then bid £750
ther was not ^then^ an other bed, but as with one consent
came to me and shake Hand sayend after you get over
this Br Russell you will carry on bresker then
Ever & there is non but thinks it is some plan
in me or that I am in a franzy. Howver three
days after I was mead an offer of £600, as a
as another off trile, and to be ac[o]rding to the
terams of the seal, I have acpted of it and is
about to be concluded, and yet it is not belived
that it can be pasable even by the pureheded
it is a bowt one fifth ^of worth^ of the property, that is
not to bade is it, only the last payment is so fare
back a fifty two, I am not belived to be ^in^ my Right
mind becase ny God hath Inflamed ^me^ by his spiret
to look into ^His^ Commandments for my Safty
and my Howse Howsehold, and the fathfull
in this lettlel Branch by precept and Exampel
so as I might I might not lose my Crown.
Dear Brother I am much greatfide when I over
Hale yowr letter seeing the prompt foreward work
of thes latter days Glory, sharing the oneness of
the p[e]ople of the letter day work, and that
(union) of it silf is suficent of its silf
in the Hand of God to Role on the great ^work^ of the
Rostoration, and the worald of darkness has no
Desire to comprahand it, this gratest is ^work^ to woch
owr Infatuations and to talk of it.
Since you was hear there has been three
added to this littel Branch by baptisms one
Brother and his wife, one sister with the
consent of her husband, who has promest for
himself, the Saints hear are all fathfull and
dilagent in thar atendince and love prevals
in owr modest—Dear Brother you are hold dear
to us heare as owr presedent and apostel of Jesus
Christ in this last Despention ^and^ in owr fath and
prayrs, hapy at all times to Recve councel from
you with strict adhearince
the Saints on the other side of the River saldam
come ar never neer us and ^when^ we go to them they are
always prepard with an ^[illegible] a no^ [illegible] [illegible] truth for ansawrd
Capt Mcpherson arived a few days after
I came Back and Bothe ships was lodding at
once and both saled on the last day of augst
we had a cheeriy time whene they weare all
Heare. it is too soon to hear of ther arivel
yet—I have as yet Receved no word or
paper, since the abowve deate of yowr leter
I am hoping Every day—I am glad to
hear Elder Spencer Elder Johns Elder D Blower
prosperety in ther Zion ward.—
the day is comming on fast I hope when
I will be in the Compney whear you
^will^ be the Head of it this is the desire of
my famely
My wife Desires me to give
her love and Respects to Sister Woodruff
and famely to geather with my self
and Archabald and my son george
not forgating yowr self.
While I Remen yowr Brother
in the New and evrlesting Gospal
ps I have not Hard whether you
have wort to gorge H Russell
or not he is still in the fath althow
no obedince J R
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WOODSTOCK
OCT 8
1849
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NEWCASTLE NB
PAID
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HOULTON
OCT
19
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paid to the hines
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10
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Mr Wilfred Woodruff
Cambridged Port
Massachusetts
United States
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NEWCASTLE
OCT 5
1849
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FREDERICKTON
OCT 6
1849
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Capt Joseph Rusell
8th October [18]49
Answered Oct 23rd 1849
wrote A full letter exetat of B.
Young, And of Golls And all works
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