November 29, 1848 ~ Wednesday 29th I went to Boston with Mrs Woodruff & bought a bed and some other things and mailed letters November 30, 1848 ~ Thursday 30th This is thanksgiving day in Mass. I dined upon a baked goose and plum pudding with my family. Br & sister Page took tea with me. Br & Sister Badlam Br & sister Bird & sister

I could do It more Effectually if you were in Nauvoo then in Farmington & I do not know that you have any Son that will render you assistance (should you need it) in the decline of life without I do it myself, & I think I can say from the heart that I have No desire to be liberated from the obligations which the Law of God, of Nature, & of Reason hath lade upon me towards our my Father & should your wants be within my reach I should ...

A large congregation, good order, And attention. this is the last time I have seen Elder Hyde: He went to Washington, to transact some business, And I took steem boat with my family to go East via Lakes. I will here name that while we were Journeying by land we all enjoyed good health And our youngest child which had been vary feeble in health from her birth improv much while on land but as soon as we took water began to run down. And we had to depend upon milk we could get ...

He may be enabled to return & leave the country with honor & be enabled to remove his family & perhaps others to the valley: this I would be glad to see him do for I do think that Elder Badlam has endeavord to act in consent with the Presidency of the Church, And made a great exhertion since he has been in this country to do to his utmost to help the Church in their time of need. What I mean by the main channel lying before me is I know I was not sent to ...

Peterboro N. H. Feb. 17. 90 Rev. Wilford Woodruff. Dear Sir: The History of Utah sent by you to the Town Library of Peterboro is received for which please accept our thanks. If you sent this book to the Library because of any special interest in this town or any of the people in it, we should be glad to know it, that we my call attention to the matter in our local paper. Yours Truly E. W. Jones for Library Com. ...

Mr. E Little Peterborough N. H. [upside down text] W Woodruff to I. C. Little March 27 1846 [end of upside-down text]

THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM. the depot in the city of Boston at the time when the two Prophets were mar- tyred. Of course we had no telegraphs and no fast reports as we have today to give communication over the land. Dur- ing that period Brother Young was wait- ing there for a train of cars to go to Peterborough. Whilst sitting there we were overshadowed by a cloud of dark- ness and gloom as great as I ever wit- nessed in my life under almost any cir- cumstances ...

Comstock, Kalamazoo, Co. Michigan, June 1st 1844 Father & Mother Woodruff, Dear parents. I feel Disposed to address a few lines to you to infoerm you that I have commenced my Summer work ie to attend a long list of Conferences which lie through the western middle & New England States. You probably may have seen the list of coferences which we publish in the Times & Seasons, but lest you might have missed of it I will make metion of it here. The following places the quoroum of the Twelve were Expecting to visit ...

St Louis oct 3 1846 Bro Woodruff To days paper enclosed contains a letter From the Meyor, that I thought would be intervesting to you So I will Send it by the hand of Bro Vancott. The paper als[o] contains the latest inteligence from the army which is of importance an yesterday I recived a letter from J C Little of Peterbaruan Ny W N H he has been sick but has recoverd is going to Washington immediately ...