Since I finished writing to you & had this letter doubled ready
to seal I recieved a beautifull letter from Br Wm. W. Mcguire
of Nauvoo formerly from Pennsylvania, it was written in July
1845 and is a treat to my soul. BrsStratton, or Sheets, will you
please see him & give him & all my Lancaster and
Chester County friends my very kind love
Tell Brother Mcguire & all of them to go ahead to California
& I shall meet them there.
[upside-down text] Brother Stratton & Sheets, will please accept my
kind love, and Brother Sheets will please present
my kind love to his dearMargaret
I have just recieved a letter from Brother Hedlock
he is well and appears in fine spirits. I have nothing
discouringageing to tell you. All is well with us. [end of upside-down text]
[sideways text] Wilford Woodruff Esq
Nauvoo Ill
North America
Since I finished writing to you & had this letter doubled ready
to seal I received a beautifull letter from Br Wm. W. Mcguire
of Nauvoo formerly from Pennsylvania, it was written in July
1845 and is a treat to my soul. Brs Stratton, or Sheets, will you
please see him & give him & all my Lancaster
Chester County friends my verry kind love
Tell Brother Mcguire & all of them to go ahead to California
& I shall meet them there.
Brother Stratton & Sheets, will please accept my
kind love, and Brother Sheets will please present
my kind love to his dearMargaret
I have just received a letter from Brother Headlock
he is well and appears in fine spirits. I have nothing
discouraging to tell you. All is well with us.
"Letter from Elisha Hildebrand Davis, 27 March 1846," p. 8, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 1, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/D95k