Now Brother Woodruff I will say a
few words about my own affairs.
Things are about as they were when
you left. My dear Mary Ann is well
& as happy as could be expected in such a
hell as she is in, Sister St John is also
well & appears cheerfull, the two old gentiles
are about as usual. Mary Ann's treatment shas been shocking I wrote B a short
letter, & since there has ^been^ a change for the
better, I told him plainly that I should
bear it no longer, I think they will
haul in their horns a little, if they
do not, I shall knock them off,
for Mary Ann shall not bear what
she has born any more. I am glad
that I did not go thome & leave her
for I see plainly that they would have
laid her in her grave in a short time
through oppression, & ill treatment
I hope I have not done wrong by staying
I feel well about it so far, I should
like to know what Brother Young says
about it. I hope you will not forget
me when it is well with you, but rem-
ember in London there are hearts beating in sweet
union with yours
Now Brother Woodruff I will say a
few words about my own affairs.
Things are about as they were when
you left. My dear Mary Ann is well
& as happy as could be expected in such a
hell as she is in, Sister St John is also
well & appears cheerfull, the two old gentiles
are about as usual. Mary Ann's treatment
has been shocking I wrote B a short
letter, & since there has been a change for the
better, I told him plainly that I should
bear it no longer, I think they will
haul in their horns a little, if they
do not, I shall knock them off,
for Mary Ann shall not bear what
she has born any more. I am glad
that I did not go home & leave her
for I see plainly that they would have
laid her in her grave in a short time
through oppression, & ill treatment
I hope I have not done wrong by staying
I feel well about it so far, I should
like to know what Brother Young says
about it. I hope you will not forget
me when it is well with you, but remember in London there are hearts beating in sweet
union with yours
"Letter from Elisha Hildebrand Davis, 27 March 1846," p. 5, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/6REN