Letter from Nellie Ray, 5 June 1888
Yankton, D. T.
To the President of
Salt Lake City,
Honored sir—
I am
a young lady of eighteen years.
I live near Yankton, Dakota.
My parents are members of the
Methodist church, and are
very strict with me. They are
greatly opposed to mormonism.
But I believe in it, and think
it a beautiful doctrine. I have
several times had the privilege
of listening to its glorious prom-
ises, without the knowledge
of my parents, and the one
paramount desire of my heart
is, to join the Mormons in their
own beautiful city. All that
prevents me, is the means to go
with. I have formed a plan in
my own head, which I am con-
fident would enable me es-
cape suspicion on the parts
of my parents; as they do not know
my ardent desire to join them.
It is this: I have an aunt living
in Denver, Colorado. I can persuade
