parley for Orson & she said in her letter that Phebe & Sarah were getting
better, so Brother Pratt told me. You may be assured those words were
precious to me, for I dreamed a few nights before that Sarah was dead but I thought
the dream might not be true, but come though multitude of business
& though. I returned & took supper with Elder Pratt, he has got a good wife she
often speaks of you, the whole family has had the fever & ague in the City but
have got well. I attended meeting at candlelight in Grand Street in the
Columbian Hall which the Saints have higherd hired to hold their meeting in, it
is in the most popular part of the city, rent $9 dollars perDay Parley gave
us a lecture upon the origins of the Indians & Book of Mormon. I had
the happy privilege of taking Brothers Taylor & Turley once more by the
hand & found them well, truly the mercy of God has been great unto
us all. B. Young & H. C. Kimble was in the state of N. Y. expet them
in the city every day. After meeting Elder Taylor accompanied me to my
boarding place in King Street & we retired to rest. Distance of the Day. 60 m
Thus ended the business of the 11th Day of Dec with me. Yesterday I called
upon Ilus at his Store 118 Bleacker Street corner of Woster I found him
well & in good spirits. he had recieved a letter from Father, Mother, Ezra, Shuah, & Sister Foss since I last saw him all well in Maine
but exceding hard times. Last evening I sat in conference
at Elder P. P. Pratts house in Mott street 58. the conferenc was called in conference consequence of an improper course persued among the churches by
Elder JosephBall & Richards we did not get through last evening
but meet for the same purpose this evening. The work of the Lord is still
progressing in this country. Parley is labouring faithfully in this City both
in public speaking & printing. he has already out of the press 2,500
of the voice of warning. 2,500 of the persecution of the Saints will
soon be out in bound volume, 2,500 of the Book of Mormon I
expect will soon go to press & also he has other works in the press the
work is not ownly progressing in this City. but a great work is opening
in the City of Philadelphia 30 or 40 have been baptized mostly under
the laboursers of B. Winchester & hunders [hundreds] are believing Brother Winchester
wished me to call & labour awhile with him & I should have done
so If I had not been suddenly called to this City to have attended this con
ference. Elder O. Pratt has gone to hold a protracted meeting 30 miles
from phila[delphia] with Elder Barns I was informed last evening that
that had baptized about 40 during the meeting. & their are many calls for
labourers. &c. The Elders here all wish to be remembered to you & to their
families as far as you have oppertunity to inform them Elder Turley is
writing a letter to his wife on the same table with me. Remember me
parley for Orson & she said in her letter that Phebe & Sarah were getting
better, so Brother Pratt told me. You may be assured those words were
precious to me, for I dreamed a few nights before that Sarah was dead but I thought
the dream might not be true, but come though multitude of business
& though. I returned & took supper with Elder Pratt, he has got a good wife she
often speaks of you, the whole family has had the fever & ague in the City but
have got well. I attended meeting at candlelight in Grand Street in the
Columbian Hall which the Saints have hired to hold their meeting in, it
is in the most popular part of the city, rent $9 dollars perDay Parley gave
us a lecture upon the origins of the Indians & Book of Mormon. I had
the happy privilege of taking Brothers Taylor & Turley once more by the
hand & found them well, truly the mercy of God has been great unto
us all. B. Young & H. C. Kimble was in the state of N. Y. expet them
in the city every day. After meeting Elder Taylor accompanied me to my
boarding place in King Street & we retired to rest. Distance of the Day. 60 m
Thus ended the business of the 11th Day of Dec with me. Yesterday I called
upon Ilus at his Store 118 Bleacker Street corner of Woster I found him
well & in good spirits. he had recieved a letter from Father, Mother, Ezra,
Shuah, & Sister Foss since I last saw him all well in Maine
but exceding hard times. Last evening I sat in conference
at Elder P. P. Pratts house in Mott street 58. the conferenc was called in
consequence of an improper course persued among the churches by
Elder JosephBall & Richards we did not get through last evening
but meet for the same purpose this evening. The work of the Lord is still
progressing in this country. Parley is labouring faithfully in this City both
in public speaking & printing. he has already out of the press 2,500
of the voice of warning. 2,500 of the persecution of the Saints will
soon be out in bound volume, 2,500 of the Book of Mormon I
expect will soon go to press & also he has other works in the press the
work is not ownly progressing in this City. but a great work is opening
in the City of Philadelphia 30 or 40 have been baptized mostly under
the labours of B. Winchester & hundreds are believing Brother Winchester
wished me to call & labour awhile with him & I should have done
so If I had not been suddenly called to this City to have attended this con
ference. Elder O. Pratt has gone to hold a protracted meeting 30 miles
from philadelphia with Elder Barns I was informed last evening that
that had baptized about 40 during the meeting. & their are many calls for
labourers. &c. The Elders here all wish to be remembered to you & to their
families as far as you have oppertunity to inform them Elder Turley is
writing a letter to his wife on the same table with me. Remember me
"Letter to Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff, 13 December 1839," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 6, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/68VL