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Collection Name Wilford Woodruff collection, 1831-1905
Collection Description Wilford Woodruff, letter, London, England, to Phebe Woodruff [care of] Postmaster George W. Robinson, Nauvoo, Illinois, 1840 October 30
Collection Number MS 19509
Collection Page 1-4
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People

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Count
94 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Randolph Alexander
22 Mar 1802 - 12 Mar 1879
56 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
John Benbow
1 Apr 1800 - 12 May 1874
173 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
William Benbow
11 Feb 1803 - 19 Dec 1886
31 mentions
1840 British Convert
Ilus Fabyan Carter
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
409 mentions
Family
Hiram Clark, b. 1795
22 Sep 1795 - 28 Dec 1853
118 mentions
Timothy Baldwin Clark
15 Mar 1778 - 29 May 1848
26 mentions
Sarah Brackett Carter Foss
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
185 mentions
Family
4 mentions

159 mentions
Orson Hyde
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
693 mentions
Apostle
Heber Chase Kimball
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1457 mentions
Apostle
Ephraim Luce
30 Sep 1799 - 2 Mar 1880
35 mentions
Maine Mission
Lydia Maria Macomber Luce Markham
17 Aug 1798 - 30 Jun 1873
13 mentions
Maine Mission
Samuel Mulliner
15 Jan 1809 - 25 Feb 1891
34 mentions
Missionary
Albert Petty
10 Aug 1795 - 19 Jun 1869
77 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
6 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Orson Pratt
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1084 mentions
Apostle
Parley Parker Pratt
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
548 mentions
Apostle
Willard Richards
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
541 mentions
Apostle
Sidney Rigdon
19 Feb 1793 - 14 Jul 1876
220 mentions
Ebenezer Robinson
25 May 1816 - 11 Mar 1891
28 mentions
George W. Robinson
14 May 1814 - 2 Oct 1878
17 mentions
Luther Scammans
7 Dec 1808 - 10 Jul 1878
73 mentions
Family
Don Carlos Smith, b. 1816
25 Mar 1816 - 7 Aug 1841
49 mentions
Elias Smith, b. 1804
6 Sep 1804 - 24 Jun 1888
190 mentions
George Albert Smith
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Hyrum Smith
9 Feb 1800 - 27 Jun 1844
425 mentions
Apostle
Joseph Smith (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2373 mentions
Joseph Smith (Sr.)
12 Jul 1771 - 14 Sep 1840
134 mentions
Lucy Mack Smith
8 Jul 1775 - 14 May 1856
42 mentions
Abraham Owen Smoot
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Lorenzo Snow
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
699 mentions
Apostle, Family
John Taylor, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1954 mentions
Apostle
Theodore Turley
10 Apr 1801 - 12 Aug 1871
143 mentions
Eunice Hart Woodruff Webster
19 Jun 1821 - 14 Jun 1853
272 mentions
Family
Aphek Woodruff, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
580 mentions
Family
Azmon Woodruff, b. 1802
29 Nov 1802 - 14 Jan 1889
364 mentions
Family
Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1582 mentions
Family
Sarah Emma Woodruff
14 Jul 1838 - 17 Jul 1840
165 mentions
Family
Wilford Woodruff (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
721 mentions
Family
Brigham Young
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3446 mentions
Apostle, Family

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in the midst of this affliction meditation & sorrow I truly rejoice before the Lord, I rejoice that God hath taught us the principles of life & Death, time & Eternity, the Resurrection & the judgment. I rejoice that we are not Called to mourn without hope, but that we have the fulest assurance that we shall meet our Child in the first resurrection
~ Wilford Woodruff
the Lord Jesus suffered & desended below all things, the Holy prophets & Apostles in evry age of the world have suffered greatly & come up through tribulations in there day & now we have ours, & we shall find at last that all our sufferings trials, & privations are ownly to prove us & more fully prepare us to rightly prise that rest, comprehend the glory, & enjoy the fulness of that reward which we shall receive at the end of the race
~ Wilford Woodruff
My object is to secure a safe abode in the Eternal world even a Celestial Kingdom, yes if I can but once see this second to myself my wife & childen it will amply reward me for all my toils & labours my sacrafises & my hours of sorrow in this life, yes I can say wellcome all these things If I can but at last obtain the favor of my God & a place whare he dwelleth with my Wife & the children which God hath given us.
~ Wilford Woodruff

Extract of W Woodruff Journal Oct 18th After bearing testiment to the Saints in London, & feeling a witness that there would be a good work in this city. We retired to rest in good season I felt well in my mind & slept untill 12 oclock at night I awoke & meditated upon the things of God untill near 3 oclock & while forming a determination to warn the people of London & overcome the powers of darkness by the assi stance of God, A personage appeared unto me which I considerd to be the prince of Darkness or the Devil. he made war with me & attempted to take my life he caught me by the throat & choaked me nearly to death he wounded me in my forehead I also wounded him in a number of places in the head As he was about to overcome me I prayed to the Father in the name of Jesus Christ for help, I then began to have power over him, the Lord sent his Angels unto me who deliverd me by wounding my enemy & driving him from me one personage dressed in white who I thought was a friend i had seen before came to me prayed with me & healed me. & I was instantly made whole & deliverd As soon as I could speak I awoke Br Smith who was also in trouble
~ Wilford Woodruff
let us not be weary in well doing but maintain our integrity unto the end then our sufferings that we have passed through will not be in vain but our reward will be sure & our joy full
~ Wilford Woodruff
Remember me to Father & Mother J. Smith & to the presidency how is President Rigdons health is Brother Hiram well; How does Brother Joseph do I want to hear from him, I hope the church will constantly uphold him by prayer faith, & confidence. he is a chosen vessel in the hands of God, let the Saints stand by him & his councillors & God will bless them
~ Wilford Woodruff