Letter from Charles W. Stayner, 29 May 1891
Recd 2 June, 1891.
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NORTHERN STATES MISSION
Of the
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS.
HEADQUARTERS. No. Box 474 STREET,
Washington D.C. May 29th 1891.
President Wilford Woodruff,
Dear Sir and Brother;
I much regret to inform you that through
the severe illness of Elder Joseph H. Armstrong,
he has had to be released, and started on the
morning of the 26th instant from his field in Ohio,
accompanied by Elder George P. Ward, who was
his companion in the field, and who has faith-
fully attended him since he was stricken down
some ten days previous. His illness is the jaun-
dice, superinduced by malaria which he suf-
fered from in a former field, and which it
appears had never thoroughly left his system.
He has been well cared for in the home of
a friend of our people—a Mr Norman, who with
his wife gave him all the accommodation
they had at their command, and their fam-
ily physician attended him at their expense.
I left it to himself and the opinion of the physi-
cian and his friends, whether he should return home,
or continue where he was for treatment. And
