In great Haste we
sit down to drop a few lines to you We would have
been glad to have written a long letter to you
at this time but being overwhelmed in business
you must take the will for the deed. We are all
enjoying a comfortable degree of health, My health is about
as usual Mrs Woodruff has had some vary Ill days
since her confinement but is doing well at present Susan Cornelia is well smart & vary bright she talks
vary plain & is vary intelligent our Little Joseph
about 7 weeks old is the largest fatest child for one
of his age we have ever had & a prospect of his doing well
The work of the Lord is prospering thoughout this country
I have not yet visited Herefordshire since I arived I
have not yet had time to do it. Many judgments
are in this Eastern world as well as in America
A Ship is about starting with a load of Saints for
America viaNew Orleans We have sent up some
cloth to make little Wilford a suit of cloths we have
sent that by Br John Armstrong Tailor He will make them will
call & see you & measure him & will make the cloths
We also send as a present to Br & Sister Benbow
a peace of fine linen for your own use which
we send by Elder James Houston from Scotland
In great Haste we
sit down to drop a few lines to you We would have
been glad to have written a long letter to you
at this time but being overwhelmed in business
you must take the will for the deed. We are all
enjoying a comfortable degree of health, My health is about
as usual Mrs Woodruff has had some vary Ill days
since her confinement but is doing well at present
Susan Cornelia is well smart & vary bright she talks
vary plain & is vary intelligent our Little Joseph
about 7 weeks old is the largest fatest child for one
of his age we have ever had & a prospect of his doing well
The work of the Lord is prospering thoughout this country
I have not yet visited Herefordshire since I arived I
have not yet had time to do it. Many judgments
are in this Eastern world as well as in America
A Ship is about starting with a load of Saints for
America viaNew Orleans We have sent up some
cloth to make little Wilford a suit of cloths we have
sent that by Br John Armstrong Tailor He will make them will
call & see you & measure him & will make the cloths
We also send as a present to Br & Sister Benbow
a peace of fine linen for your own which
we send by Elder James Houston from Scotland
"Letter to John and Jane Homes Benbow, 4 September 1845," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 13, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/2vPj