Letter from Henry Chenery White, 5 September 1887
President Wilford Woodruff,
Dear Sir:
It is in your
power to be of great service to
a helpless class in the community,
a class that more than any other
people needs the benefits of an
education which areis to fit them
for lives of usefulness in this
hard world of ours, and I am
not without hope from my slight
personal acquaintance with your
kindness of heart and gentleness
of disposition that you will grant
the favor which I am going to ask
for the sake of the unfortunate
children in my care.
When the Legislative Assembly
of 1884 voted an annual approp-
riation of $2000.00 for the
education of the deaf mutes in the
Territory, no provision was
made, probably from an oversight,
for the establishment of an institute
such as is absolutely necessary for
the best development of the Deaf,
mentally, morally and socially.
The need of such an adjunct to the
school was evident to the Board of
