Letter to Asahel Hart Woodruff, 26 June 1838

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Letter to Asahel Hart Woodruff, 26 June 1838
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    Farmington June 26th 1838 Dear Brother I have passed through such a variety of scenes, time, places, change, events, & experience since I last wrote, & my mind is now impressed with so much I wish to communicate that I hardly know whare to begin, or what to say. As I sat down to write in company with Mother, Sister Eunice, & Aunt Cossett. by the N.W. window of our kitchen a little putty [pretty] bird came & lit on the window ...
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    & quite a number manifested their faith in the work & several offered themselves for Baptism but it was finally omitted for a season & 9 fondly left without Baptism any in the places but I sowed the seed some of which will bring forth fruit I next traveled by land to Farmington & was again joyfully receeved at a Fathers House I have often wished I could have had your company while on this visit. I never have enjoyed a visit of my fathers house more agreeable than this, every thing looks more ...
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    [Eunice Hart Woodruff Webster] Farmington. Brother Asahel, I suppose you have given up the idea by this time of ever hearing directly from me again, but I can tell you brother, that nothing but a multiplicity of business, would have caused this long delay, and in fact I have for a few weeks past had no time comparatively speaking but what has been devoted to ^necessary^ household affairs, have not retired to rest much of the time before midnight, and arise at 4 or 5 in the morning, and you must be ...
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    25 Mr. Asahel H. Woodruff Terre Haute Indiania [upside-down text] We have desired father to write to you in answer to your last letter & he has talked about it But he is very busy & you know he does not write much so you [wax seal] [m]ust excuse him you will hear from me again the [best] [wax seal] [o]pportunity I took tea at [cChaning] Hills in company with [illegible] [wax seal] {[shorthand]} {[shorthand]} [end of upside-down text] [upside-down text] Willford &