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Letter from James Peter Olsen, 27 February 1889
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J. P. Olsen.
Scipio
Rcd FebMar 2 [18]89 [end of upside-down text]
Scipio Millard Co
Feb 27th, 1889.
Presedent Wilford Woodruff
Dear Brother
Your valued letter of the 21st inst
came safely to hand and has been
carefully considered.
I rejoice very much that I
have been considered worthy to bear the
message of eturnal life to my native
land, my circumstances, however, render
it very difficult for me to be ready
by the time stated in your letter, if
the time for starting could be posponed
till the fall, say October, I could be
in a very much better condition