Letter to Brigham Young Jr., 28 January 1888
Salt Lake City, U. T. .
Elder Brigham Young,
Dear Brother:
We write you at
a venture, not knowing whether this will reach you or
not.
At a recent meeting of the Council the subject
of an appropriation to aid the missionaries among the
Navajoes came up and was considered. The Council
decided to appropriate $1000.00, to be apportioned by
you between Brother E. A. Tietjin and one other suit-
able Elder whom you would designate as his compan-
ion. It was felt that you were in a position to
know who the other person would be and what pro-
portion of the $1000.00 each should have, and this is
