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Mar 18, 1891

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March 18, 1891 ~ Wednesday

178 I signed 26 Recommend I received 15 Letters I wrote
to ^2^ Sarah & Newton we Met with R McDonald & others

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Woodruff, Newton, b. 1863
3 Nov 1863 - 21 Jan 1960
153 mentions
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9 mentions
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
702 mentions
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Letter from William A. Barr, 18 March 1891

Mr Pres Dear Sir It has bin Reveled to me As an Explanation to the word of God that every thing is Male and Female from the Smallest grain of sand even to the earth and Sea And that we have two minds composed as Followas the members of the Head are Peared as Followays Eyes years Norstrels and mouth And that the members of the Body are Peared in the Same way the Leggs the Arms Testicles the mouth of the Head for the Body the Pet is a member of Body for the Hedd

Letter to Benjamin Cluff Jr., 18 March 1891

Prof. Benj. Cluff Jr., Provo: Dear Brother: In reply to your enquiries as to the possibility of your being called to a Chair in the University of our people which we hope to see established at no greatly distant day, we say to you that it is the wish of the Presidency, as also of the General Board of Education and of the General Superintendent of our schools, to see you installed in such a position as the one named as soon as possible. We recognize the advantage to yourself of your being early informed of such prospects: and though we realize that your removing from Provo will be a loss to your associates there, still we feel that such loss will be less keenly felt at present than it would be after you had labored there a year or more longer. We think that under the circumstances the sooner the anticipated change is made, the better it will be for all concerned. We therefore express to you our desire to see you located in Salt Lake City by the opening of the next scholastic year; so that you can take position in the Faculty of the Latter-day Saints' College here, as a preliminary to a higher position in the future University. We trust that this will prove to your interest educationally and financially; and in the latter respect we hope that satisfactory remuneration will be arranged for you, though we trust you will not consider the change and the new engagement as in a financial regard only. With best wishes for your advancement, I am, Your brother in the Gospel, Wilford Woodruff

Letter from Thomas Edwin Ricks, 18 March 1891

Rexburg, Idaho, President W. Woodruff Salt Lake City Dear Brother, Bishop George W. Smith of Burton Ward having moved away and wishing to be released we did so and at a meeting of the High Council Brother J. J. Johnson was selected to fill the vacancy. Brother John L. Roberts has been selected, to fill a vacancy in the High Council caused by the death of Bro. Jas E. Fogg and the names of Brothers Alma Hendricks, John T. Smellie and John Martig were selected, as Alternates to the High Council. We submit the names of these Brethren for your consideration With Kind Regards We Are Your Brethren in the Gospel T. E. Ricks

Letter to William Bowker Preston, 18 March 1891

P.O. Box, B. Salt Lake City, Utah. . Bishop William B. Preston, City. Dear Brother: We are impressed to address you this lettehr, and to solicit your co-oper- ation in the sugar-making enterprise which has been inaugurated lately among us. We naturally feel reluctant to use our inofluence with our brethren in affairs of this kind, because we are aware of the present stringency of money matters and the many calls that are made upon our brethren who have means, to invest in one direction and another; but the exigency of this case calls for our active interposition in this bus- iness. We have, in our public capacity, contributed to its stock, and have lent the influence of our credit to aid the company in meeting its contracts. We feel the impor tance of establishing this industry, for it will furnish employment to a great many hands, and also provide a market for our agriculturists to dispose of their beets. As you are aware events have been so shaped by those who have obtained power in our city and county and elsewhere, as to deprive everyone of our faith of all public employment, and to give the places which they occupied to those who are strangers to our country. It seems absolutely necessary, therefore, that we sould look to the interests of our own people, and by wise effort endeavor to establish industries which will give them employment. We believe that this sugar-making business has been examined with sufficient care to furnish more than reasonable ground for hope that it can be made a success in this country, not only in manufacturing sugar, but in producing good returns for the money invested. The company has a Board of Directors who are practical business men. They have been selected with a view to give the public confidence in

Letter to Abraham Owen Smoot and the Brigham Young Academy Board of Trustees, 18 March 1891

To President A. O. Smoot, and to the Board of Trustees, Brigham Young Academy. Dear Brethren: Contemplating the establishment of a University of Zion, it has been deemed advisable that the c^ur^riculum of the Latter-day Saints' College at Salt Lake City be extended, preparatory to the course of studies designed for the future University. As one of the steps toward the accomplishment of those plans, the labors of Prof. Benj. Cluff Jr., at present Assistant Principal of the B. Y. Academy, are essential in the L. D. S. College for the next academic year, and we desire, therefore, that Bro. B. Cluff be honorably released from his present engagement at your [A]cademy, at the end of the present academic year, and that he be assigned to a Professor- [s]hip at the L. D. S. College. We trust that suitable arrangements about a successor at your institution, will be made with you by the General Superintendent. With kind regards, your brother in the Gospel, Wilford Woodruff In behalf of the General Board of Education. Geo. Reynolds, Sec.

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Mar 18, 1891