We hear from you occasionally & little Willy by
the letters of our friends in Nauvoo We should
be glad to get a letter from you & hope you
will answer this & inform us if you received
the Bondle we sent by Elder Carns last spring
& also if you recieve the things we send by this
ship the [Linning] for your self & the cloths for willy
& give me ^us^ all the News with you & you will much
oblige us. We thought you would like a peace
of Linen so we bought a whole peace of 27 yards it
met [acrsen] that some you will find 3 yards of
flannel to make Wilford some drawers in the same
Bundle with your linen, abo another small Bundle
tied onto the large one containing some articles for
Wilford viz 3 [bososoms] , a [cofferter], a pocket handkerchief,
& SusanCornelia sends her Broth her Lion & Joseph sends
her a Box & Sister Armstrong sends him a watch
to wear with his clothes, Mrs Woodruff sent his
a Bundle with some of the Saints in the spring containing
cloth for two suits of Summer cloths & the Bundle
we sent by Elder Carnes contaned a cap, 5 pair of
Stockings 3 handkerchiefs, & a toy of horses. when you write please
inform me us if you have recieved the packages we
spoken of. We have sent wiSon Wilford a Book in his packge
We hear from you occasionally & little Willy by
the letters of our friends in Nauvoo We should
be glad to get a letter from you & hope you
will answer this & inform us if you received
the Bondle we sent by Elder Carns last spring
& also if you recieve the things we send by this
ship the Linning for your self & the cloths for willy
& give us all the News with you & you will much
oblige us. We thought you would like a peace
of Linen so we bought a whole peace of 27 yards it
met acrsen that some you will find 3 yards of
flannel to make Wilford some drawers in the same
Bundle with your linen, abo another small Bundle
tied onto the large one containing some articles for
Wilford viz 3 bososoms , a cofferter, a pocket handkerchief,
& SusanCornelia sends her Broth her Lion & Joseph sends
her a Box & Sister Armstrong sends him a watch
to wear with his clothes, Mrs Woodruff sent his
a Bundle with some of the Saints in the spring containing
cloth for two suits of Summer cloths & the Bundle
we sent by Elder Carnes contaned a cap, 5 pair of
Stockings 3 handkerchiefs, & a toy of horses. when you write please
inform us if you have recieved the packages we
spoken of. We have sentSon Wilford a Book in his packge
"Letter to John and Jane Homes Benbow, 4 September 1845," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 19, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/0VkV