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Collection Name Wilford Woodruff collection, 1831-1905
Collection Description Wilford Woodruff, letter, London, England, to Phebe Woodruff, Montrose, Iowa, 1840 August 18
Collection Number MS 19509
Collection Page 1-4
Source Link The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Heber Chase Kimball
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1459 mentions
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Vilate Murray Kimball
1 Jun 1806 - 22 Oct 1867
George W. Robinson
14 May 1814 - 2 Oct 1878
George Albert Smith
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1437 mentions
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John Smith, b. 1781
16 Jul 1781 - 23 May 1854
Frances Kimberley Turley
22 Jun 1800 - 30 Aug 1847
Theodore Turley
10 Apr 1801 - 12 Aug 1871

Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1587 mentions
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We also spent several days in passing through the Herefordshire & Glostershire churches & taking the parting hand with them which was truly an affecting scene to see hundreds of friends or Saints which we had baptzed into the kingdom flock around us & take us by the hand & weep as though they would break their hearts, appear as though they were taking their leave of their father to see him no more, the many sensations of this kind which I have passed through since I have been in England have been peculiar, to my feelings & clearly show me the Effect that the Everlasting gospel has upon the honest in heart & the meek of the Earth.
~ Wilford Woodruff
O Mighty God of Jacob cloth[e] us with thy power. Let the power of the Priesthood res upon us the spirit of our
~ Wilford Woodruff