I have delayed writing
to you as late as possible so that I might
have the latest news for you before you
start; I hope you are well. I am
happy to say I enjoy excellent health;
I am still in the great City; I have been
delivering a course of lectures this winter;
we had 5,000 hand bills circulated, and
the meetings are well attended by stran-
gers, & some are believing, & obeying, I am
going to day to baptise. I have also sent
the proclamations to some of the members
of parliament as you commanded me; and
I intend to send it ^to^ more of them.
But I have never heard a whisper
from any source about what they think
of it. I seal them up in an letter
envellope & write their private address
with the word "private" on it, so I think
there can be no mistake but what they
recieve them in person
7 Macclesfield St South, City Road, London.
Ansd May 24/46
Dear Brother Woodruff
I have delayed writing
to you as late as possible so that I might
have the latest news for you before you
start; I hope you are well. I am
happy to say I enjoy excellent health;
I am still in the great City; I have been
delivering a course of lectures this winter;
we had 5,000 hand bills circulated, and
the meetings are well attended by strangers, & some are believing, & obeying, I am
going to day to baptise. I have also sent
the proclamations to some of the members
of parliament as you commanded me; and
I intend to send it to more of them.
But I have never heard a whisper
from any source about what they think
of it. I seal them up in an
envellope & write their private address
with the word "private" on it, so I think
there can be no mistake but what they
recieve them in person
"Letter from Elisha Hildebrand Davis, 27 March 1846," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 1, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/wm1X