I had the pleasure of Receving
your package of letters from yourself and
Children this Evening and it was much satisfaton
to me. I almost began to think I was not
going to Received a letter from any body
but I got your letter & one from Mrs Wooduff
at the same time it takes about two weeks to
get a letter to Salt Lake and back, it was a
great pleasure to me to Read the Childrens letters
and to learn that Asahel had done so well and
the work had got along so well it was more than
I expeted. I am boarding with Brother & Sister McDonald and sleep with T. O. Angel
who came Down with us He is in poor health
We have [groad] board & plenty of it. I am
gitting fat if I Evn can be called fat. I am
Enjoying myself very much and would much
more if I could [drop] Down & spend a day or
so with my family I very much Desire to see
you all. Heny Bigler arived severl Days ago
& A. H Raleigh to day & is stoping here so is
I had the pleasure of Receving
your package of letters from yourself and
Children this Evening and it was much satisfaton
to me. I almost began to think I was not
going to Received a letter from any body
but I got your letter & one from Mrs Wooduff
at the same time it takes about two weeks to
get a letter to Salt Lake and back, it was a
great pleasure to me to Read the Childrens letters
and to learn that Asahel had done so well and
the work had got along so well it was more than
I expeted. I am boarding with Brother & Sister
McDonald and sleep with T. O. Angel
who came Down with us He is in poor health
We have groad board & plenty of it. I am
gitting fat if I Evn can be called fat. I am
Enjoying myself very much and would much
more if I could drop Down & spend a day or
so with my family I very much Desire to see
you all. Heny Bigler arived severl Days ago
& A. H Raleigh to day & is stoping here so is
"Letter to Emma Smith Woodruff, 25 November 1876," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 20, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/Q0G7