Letter from Franklin Dewey Richards, 14 June 1889
President Wilford Woodruff S L City
My Dear Sir,
I have the pleasure to report that
the work of translating the Book of Mormon into
the Jewish language, which was commenced by
brother Edward Isaacson on or about the 4th of
May 1888, is now stated by him to be complete. He
delivered to me the last sheets on Saturday the 8th
of this month, and said it was as well and correctly
done as he was capable of doing it considering his limited
acquaintance with the English language.
To make the best of this work possible within my
power, Brother Morris Behrman has assisted me to
revise the work by reading the translation to me in
English, by which means we were enabled to make fre-
quent corrections, but I think the work must have
a much more careful and thorough revision than
we are capable of giving it before I could consent to
its publication
The translation occupies a thousand pages of
knickerbocker tablet paper and has the appearance
of being tolerably well written.
The amount paid br Edward Isaacson for
