Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 3 (1876 - 1882)

Lt 4b, 1878

White, W. C.

Healdsburg, California

January 12, 1878

Previously unpublished.

Dear Son Willie:

I have written this under very unfavorable circumstances. I have been broken in upon very many times, but I send it to you. Read it over and put it in the hands of Sister Marian Davis to copy. She is a critical examiner of articles. Tell her to improve it if she sees where it should be improved. I think it would be a task for you to do this with all your other cares. 3LtMs, Lt 4b, 1878, par. 1

We are in a little bit of a house. Sister Clemmens is doing our work. We have four workmen to board. They are putting up our barn. Sister Clemmens does well for me. 3LtMs, Lt 4b, 1878, par. 2

How are Brother and Sister Burk? We do not hear a word from them. Tell Sister Mary that Shepard Robinson has written that Lizzie is at Mr. Fuller’s, boarding with them. Her health has been too poor to keep house. Shepard wrote that his mother was dead. She was a great sufferer for many months. I long for the society of my children. I seem to be isolated from my friends and relatives. 3LtMs, Lt 4b, 1878, par. 3

In regard to this article, put it in the Review or college paper or do anything with it you please. 3LtMs, Lt 4b, 1878, par. 4

Mother.

Father is improving some again, since the weather has been more favorable. We have had a long rain. The sun shines again, and January seems as pleasant as May. 3LtMs, Lt 4b, 1878, par. 5

Love to the little girls and Aunt May. 3LtMs, Lt 4b, 1878, par. 6

Mother.