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[in sideways text] Thompson Woodruff Nov 1855 Answered [Have] [Nov] 1855 [close sideways text]

golden sweete greate Garner tree stande all Clima[te] russle sweete greate Garner every year tree stands all climate with those apples in the [sone apern] days before you pute them in your cellar ande they will keepe all winter harvist smeete liough apples will rupeen one at time tree rather tender those marketstree sweets apples nice trees stand all climate Early none such I cut off from my Father farm in Co grafted every vermonters sense [] the beste apple you ever saw I wante you to remember when you ete that apple that it growed on your Father farm your native Cuntry the fruit a probably all good I wnte ^wante^ you as soon as you gete those lines iff you gete them this fall or winter take write oute all currante grapes goosebury millers anle lung them in the ground in the Springe sute then oute traite upside down beareinge one [lud] oute off the grown juste as you want them to grow watter them William [& Huliarl is ] a honeste man he has started a large nursery on the corners south off me where you go oute buy Locale Russel you can get any thin you can ask for off him there [] in some off the nursery trees greate maney small imperial sweete apples I have grafted nursery trees over

DOMINION OF CANADA. Immigration Agency, Toronto, 29^th Jan 1890My dear Mr Woodruff

Im thanking you ever so much for the handsom and[ illegible] Book you so kindly lent me

"May I ask you if you have a history of Mormonism from its earliest establishment at uta this & receive page Lucy Mede and pay for it cheerfully

Re for interest bearing

J. A. Donaldson 29 Jan. 1890

Denver May, 28 1890 Prs S. L. C. Uthah Dear Brother, [AO] my umpressions are at this time to say the following be for You & ask Your desision 15⁰⁰ acres of Land as been given to me to Sell By a lady by the name of Mrs E Johns of Bolton Missippy. & as I deasire if Possible for trhe church to handle it the following is the discripsion of the Land as given to me As the [Cally] Her Self

172 March 5^th 90. President W. Woodruff Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dear Brother:

Your welcome [illegible ]er of the 15^th ult received and contents noted. [illegible] are sent us instructions who to send lists of passengers &/c. to, and who to direct our presidents of companies to receive instructions from at New York. We regret very much that Mr. Gibson has refused to act for us, but have learned from long experience that any man is but little mind in this marvelous work of God in these last days. The following will be the dates of sailing D. T. British Company per S.S. Wyoming April 19. 1890 Scandinavian do " S. S. Wisconsin May 3. 1890 British Co " S. S. Wyoming May 24, 1890 Scandinavian do " S. S. Wisconsin June 7. 1890 British Co " S. S. Wyoming June 28. 1890 " " " " " " August 2^nd 1890 Scandinavian Co " S. S. Wisconsin August 16. 1890 " " " " " " September 20. 1890 The Holland Saints and the Swiss & Germans can choose any of these companies. Our idea is to send small companies and often. We may have later companies this will depend upon cirmcumstances. The fare for the Scandinavian

Companies fare will be £13.11.8. We pay [Gguion ] Co 15/- from Denmark to Liverpoool and they take care of our emigrants all the time they are in this City. The brethren want 1-one shilling added for some expense they have to meet in Denmark with police &/c. Bro. Flygare of Ogden can explain this stress, as I have added 16/- sixteen shillings to the £12.15.8 which makes £13.11.8 for adults Scandinavia to Salt Lake City, Ogen, Provo or Spanish Fork. I do not understand what you mean in the P.S. _"At the figure 462 it will not be necessary for you to add a $2 margin for provisions from New York to Ogden as heretofore"- We never provided provision the people provide themselves. On the Old Domin ion Steamship if emigrants want bed and board they have to pay two dollars and a half. This we paid for all the returning missionaries. They go as emigrants and furnish their own food once the railroad, the same as the emigrants do. We used to furnish the President of the Company with ten dollars - two pounds - for "tips". But as I under stand it all such things came out of the profits of the emiration over sea and land. I do not know of any 2⁰⁰ two dollars added for provision from New York to Ogden. We have published the rate just as you cakled it £12.15.8 Twelve pounds fifteen shilling and eight pence supposing this included evrything. There was a cost of 25⁰⁰ twenty five dollars transferring the

621 Coloma Diaz, Mexico May 7 -1891 Pres W. Woodruff and Council, Salt Lake city, Dear Brethren:

Your much esteemed favor of April 14 came to hand on my return from a visit to the other settlements of this Mission. I left Coloma Diaz on Friday, March 27^th and on Saturday evening reached Coloma Juarez, ^60 miles^ and the next day met with the Juarez Sunday School (1) and the afternoon and evening meeting of the Saints. (2) On Monday evening met with the Y.M. Mutual I. Association (3) On Tuesday visited the flouring mill of Bro W. R. R. Stowell ^which is a credit to Juarez.^ His miller Jus W. Memmott crossed the sea with me in the sailing ship "Underwater" in the spring of 1861. We drove over our old camping ground of 1885 and the banks of the Piedras Verdie and on the evening attended a Priesthood meeting ^[illegible] Thursday^ at the Meeting house[ illegible](4) ^ & had an excellent P. meeting & adjourned^ On Wednesday with Bp ^Geo W, Lency, Henry Eyring ^w R R Stowell^ and Jules P. Romney we drove to the Lenaeja wash to make an inspection and learned the advisability of taking out the water from a stream that runs part of the year in that wash, or of making a resevoir so as to put some three or four acres of land under cultivation. We counselled together and concluded it could be done. On Tursday April 2^nd it being Fast Day I attended the Fast meeting in the morning and in the afternoon met with the Juarez Relief Society (5) and ^ 66 [illegible] officers & members^ in the evening met with the Priesthood of Juarez according to adjournment on Tuesday evening. There were present 1 Apostle 8 Seventies 12 High Priests 10 Elders 1 Teacher and 8 Deacons. We had a very intersting meeting. The meetings were well attended all day. On Friday attended a meeting of the Y.M. M. I Ass. 48 enrolled officers & members

(5) Phoebe Fife Pres Evette Mary B. Eyring 1^st and Susan Martinau 2^nd Counsellors Pres J Eyring Sec. Elizth Coon Ass Sec Keturab Baker Treasurer & 12 Teachers 48 members Total officers & members enrolled 66

622 and in the evening attended a conjoint meeting of the Young Mens & Ladies Mutual Improvement Associations and listened to a most excellent program. On Saturday April 4 attended a meeting of the children in their Primary Association Pres Keturah Baker, Rhoda Stowell 1^st and Wealthy Shafer 2^nd Counsellors Louie [illegible] Sec. 104 officers & members. On Sunday April 5 I spent in Juarez. Attended Sabbath School afternoon and evening meetings. Meetings well attended and an excellent spirit prevailed. Monday Apr 6. attended a meeting of the Town Council, or committee and heard the proceedings. The subject of the reservoir and endeavoring to get the water upon the land where we had investigated in the Lesaja Wash was discussed which resulted in the appointment of Bp Geo W. Lencey Henry Eyring and Isaac Turley as a committee with instructions to secure the services of Bro Jno M [illegible] to survey the land and calculate the amount of water that can be reserved in the reservoir and the amount of land that can be put under water and when all calculations were carefully made to report to the next Priesthod meeting. On Tuesday Apl 7^thattended a funeral of a six year old son of Bro Sextus E. Johnson named Layne Johnson who had died at Juarez. On Wednesday 8th left Juarez for Pachieco. We drove to the mouth of the Kunyon and stayed over night with Bro Heleman Pratt who [illegible] here. Thursday 9^th Bro. W.R.R. Howell who had driven us from Juarez was taken very sick and had to return. His son drove team for us, and Bro & Sis. Pratt accompanied us to our[ illegible] to Pachieco, (Thursday April 9) calling upon Bro [illegible] M. Allen on the way. The road up the kanyon is exceedingly rough, there is a great deal of traffic, hauling lumber & wood, and the [illegible] are very much cut up and rockey. We arrived