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William Wines Phelps letter to Sally Phelps

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS810_S1_F1_O1_I9
Image of William Wines Phelps letter to Sally Phelps
Image of William Wines Phelps letter to Sally Phelps

Dates

  • 1836 January 5

Extent

4 p.

General Note

A portion of a letter to Sally, written in the hand of William Wines Phelps. Written from Kirtland Mills, and dated Tuesday, 2 p.m., January 5, 1836. Tells the wives of the Elders to pray for each other and to stay faithful; the Hebrew school has commenced in "one of the attic school rooms in the Lord's house;" he has learned of the news of the death of Elder Christian Whitmer; Oliver has gone to a state convention at Columbus; "A virtuous wife should not praise other men in the absence of her husband." The bottom quarter of the last page also contains a letter from William Waterman Phelps to "Mother, brothers, and sisters."

General Note

Holograph, signed.

General Note

Pages numbered 91-94.

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States