Letter from Ira Nathaniel Hinckley, 20 January 1890
Presd Willford Woodruff
Dear Brother we are
struggling hard to keep up our academy, & have
this far succeeded In maintaining its reputation
we have an excellent school, and Quorum of
teachers. But we are Involved in finding means
to pay our teachers. You thuroughly understand our
Tuition fees do not more than half meet our
expenses we have found your assistance from the
office quite a help to us, but we have been unable
to get our orders filled in the county which
has necessitated us to hire money rather than have
the interest of the Institution go down.
And we would respectfully solicite your assistance in
our behalf the past year, and allow us to use Store
pay and some shelf that can be got from tithing
to Liquidate our Indeptedness as there is no Hay
or Grain that can be got this season to assist us, and
understanding that this ^kind^ of property has been
reserved from us on these orders. we kindly ask you
if you possible can to give us this freedom so that we
may be enabled to meet our obligations and stop the
payment of Interest praying God to Bless you with
a fair understanding of our condition and desires we remain
Your Bros in the Gospel
I. N. Hinckley
R. J. D. Smith [illegible]
