Letter from Hyrum Lemmon, 12 March 1888
Payson, Utah, .
President Woodruff,
Dear Brother:
I received, a few days ago, a
letter from you, stating that I was se-
lected as a missionary to the North West-
ern States, to start the 17th April.
Now about all my means is in-
vested in a herd of sheep, and I have no
one to take charge of them but hired help,
and ^as^ lambing time commences the first
of May, I am liable to sustain considerable
loss if I can not be there, or get some one
who would be interested. I would prefer
starting at the appointed time with others
if I can get some one to take charge of
my affa^i^rs so that I would leave all care
of my affairs here off my mind—other wise
I would like a few month to put my
business in shape to leave it safe.
Now if you will grant me this time
