I have recieved by the Last Steamer 2 Letters
statings that all things were moveing on well in England at the present time stating that Brothers Pratt & Taylor and 12 more of Brethren & Sisters
started on the 13th of January for New Orleenes
was out about 7 Days and was blown back
to Liverpool again and they did not state
whether they had started again or not all things
they say move on well but I was Sorry to
hear of the troubles that took place after your
Departure but I remember what you said to
me when in England for I am shure you could
not apointed A man that the Saints had so mutch
confidence in as they had in Brothe Hedlock
but he has sold his birthright for A mess
of Potage as many others have Done what fools,
Dear Brother I have not forgotten the good times
I have had with you and your family, and
the Saints in England I should like to go
again and bring them to Zion for they
are near my Heart I have kept up A
corespondence with them Ever since I came
Home and they all wright they wish me
to come and stay with them Longer than
I did before I ^feel^ thankfull to my Heavenly Father
that the Saints have not forgotten me
in England Sister Hoolbrooks family even
well the Last news but she has been
very sick has been put to bed & Lost
her child, since you Left Brother & Sister
Sheldon and all the ^Saints^ wished to be remembered
to you & family if an opportunity was given
I feel glad that the saints are well united
and they say the saints in the Preston conference
are the same as When I Left and you know how that was
I have recieved by the Last Steamer 2 Letters
statings that all things were moveing on well in
England at the present time stating that Brothers
Pratt & Taylor and 12 more of Brethren & Sisters
started on the 13th of January for New Orleenes
was out about 7 Days and was blown back
to Liverpool again and they did not state
whether they had started again or not all things
they say move on well but I was Sorry to
hear of the troubles that took place after your
Departure but I remember what you said to
me when in England for I am shure you could
not apointed A man that the Saints had so mutch
confidence in as they had in Brothe Hedlock
but he has sold his birthright for A mess
of Potage as many others have Done what fools,
Dear Brother I have not forgotten the good times
I have had with you and your family, and
the Saints in England I should like to go
again and bring them to Zion for they
are near my Heart I have kept up A
corespondence with them Ever since I came
Home and they all wright they wish me
to come and stay with them Longer than
I did before I feel thankfull to my Heavenly Father
that the Saints have not forgotten me
in England Sister Hoolbrooks family even
well the Last news but she has been
very sick has been put to bed & Lost
her child, since you Left Brother & Sister
Sheldon and all the Saints wished to be remembered
to you & family if an opportunity was given
I feel glad that the saints are well united
and they say the saints in the Preston conference
are the same as When I Left and you know how that was
"Letter from Leonard Wilford Hardy, 1 March 1847," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 18, 2024, https://www.wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/XV5v