Letter from William Spry, 6 August 1888
Chattanooga, Tenn., ^Salt Lake City^ .
President Wilford Woodruff
Dear Brother:
During the early part of last month
Elder Thomas Holt left Tennessee for home
having in his charge Elder Lloyd who
had been released because of ill-health
and who was unable to undertake the
journey alone. Upon their arrival in
Memphis they secured $7300 from a
railroad agent with whom we do business
with which to defray their expenses home.
Since then the agent has drawn on our
office in Chattanooga for the amount and
the same has been forwarded him. Owing
to our limited means and the expenses
attached to the support of an office, we
are hardly in a position to defray
the expenses of returning Elders, and
therefore respectfully ask, that if you
saw proper, the above amount be
