have writtenthe Dr ^Berhisel^ Since my return Home. I Haven got
recieved a letter from him to day by the same mail that
Brought yours. As to ^the^ accusations against me in the phrasologey
of wantonNeglect in not writing you is an accusation that I shall
not recieve for I am not guilty, in in that sense of the word
and I think friends ought to study each othrs Circumstnces
sufficiently at least to lay a fondatiun for reasonable excuses
whae their is any seeming neglect towards us before we ac◊ee
them to strongly. I wrote you a letter to lay the fondation for
a Correspondane you answered it and the following is your closing
remak "I will keep you informed of all matters & things transpiring here
as touching our common Interest," that letter it is true I did
not answer." In this it may hve appeared to you a [seemg]
neglect, still I do not think from that circustanc you
are warranted in taking the strong grounds in which you accuse
me, for in reality I did not intend any neglect whatev◊e
for as I hve already explaned I thoght one Com[mun]icati[o]n every Western officers ^upon the subjet which I wrote^ would answer for both this in
Connexion with my being overwhelmed is business was the
ownly reasn why I did not write to both, and agn
frm your last sentanc I judged that I should hve reced [received]
anoth letter from you before long. So much I hve [said]
for myself, As conceing Mr Hyde I have ownly to say
that I have no knowledge concing am [any] instructions He may
have recieved from the presidency concing your mission
or any othe Subject any further than what is made public
through the prress. For although I hve been travelling in this
Easten Contry a[mon]g the Chches, for near two years & sent
him many ^a dozen or more^ letters, containg some 60 or 70 subscribers for the Guadan
yet I have [never]as I recollet recved but two commd◊tes
have written Dr Berhisel Since my return Home. I Haven
recieved a letter from him to day by the same mail that
Brought yours. As to the accusations against me in the phrasologey
of wantonNeglect in not writing you is an accusation that I shall
not recieve for I am not guilty, in that sense of the word
and I think friends ought to study each othrs Circumstnces
sufficiently at least to lay a fondatiun for reasonable excuses
whae their is any seeming neglect towards us before we ac◊ee
them to strongly. I wrote you a letter to lay the fondation for
a Correspondane you answered it and the following is your closing
remak "I will keep you informed of all matters & things transpiring here
as touching our common Interest," that letter it is true I did
not answer." In this it may hve appeared to you a seemg
neglect, still I do not think from that circustanc you
are warranted in taking the strong grounds in which you accuse
me, for in reality I did not intend any neglect whatev◊e
for as I hve already explaned I thoght one Communication
upon the subjet which I wrote would answer for both this in
Connexion with my being overwhelmed is business was the
ownly reasn why I did not write to both, and agn
frm your last sentanc I judged that I should hve received
anoth letter from you before long. So much I hve said
for myself, As conceing Mr Hyde I have ownly to say
that I have no knowledge concing am any instructions He may
have recieved from the presidency concing your mission
or any othe Subject any further than what is made public
through the prress. For although I hve been travelling in this
Easten Contry among the Chches, for near two years & sent
him a dozen or more letters, containg some 60 or 70 subscribers for the Guadan
yet I have never recved but two commd◊tes
"Letter to Almon Whiting Babbitt, 21 January 1850," p. 3, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/wpBw