Please shew this to Brothers Stratton & Sheets,
for I design it for all of you
but I hope to have a letter from each of you
if you can possibly get time; I hope you
will remember also my poor old Father and Mother & speak comfortably to them. dofor mysake whether a word of comfort to th[em]
Please remember my love to Bothers Young Kimball, Hyde, & all the Twelve, & to Brother Hunter, & many other good people Mary Ann & Sister St John, send their love
to you & Sister Woodruff, & Brothers Stratton
& Sheets. I now say to you & Brothers Stratton
& Sheets, & all others that are going ffarewell
for a short time, but I shall speak a
word to the Lord about you, when you
are in the wilderness, will you remember
me to the Lord. And I expect meetyou,
& greetyou, in California.
I feel in excellent health & spirits just
now never better. I will pray that
this may find you the same. Farewell
PS Do write soon
and a great deal
Direct to the above
address
Please shew this to Brothers Stratton & Sheets,
for I design it for all of you
but I hope to have a letter from each of you
if you can possibly get time; I hope you
will remember also my poor old Father and
Mother & speak comfortably to them. do for
my sake whether a word of comfort to them
Please remember my love to Brothers YoungKimball, Hyde, & all the Twelve, & to Brother
Hunter, & many other good people
Mary Ann & Sister St John send their love
to you & Sister Woodruff, & Brothers Stratton
& Sheets. I now say to you & Brothers Stratton
& Sheets, & all others that are going farewell
for a short time, but I shall speak a
word to the Lord about you, when you
are in the wilderness, will you remember
me to the Lord. And I expect meetyou,
& greetyou, in California.
I feel in excellent health & spirits just
now never better. I will pray that
this may find you the same. Farewell
I remain your Brother
in tribulation
as ever
Elisha. H. Davis.
P.S. Do write soon
and a great deal
Direct to the above
address
"Letter from Elisha Hildebrand Davis, 27 March 1846," p. 7, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/rR3L