WASHINGTON, D. C., President Wilford Woodruff, Dear Sir and Brother; I trust you will pardon me for addressing you upon a delicate private matter and with which I would not trouble you were it not that my hap- piness and usefulness largely depend on your favorable consideration of what I am about to request of you. I am in great need of a loan of $2500, with which to meet some pressing obligations, and for which I am willing to pay interest either monthly ^or^ quarterly. I do not propose however to pay out all this money in this way, but I have an opportunity for investment which will bring me in an income sufficient to sup- port my family, and gradually liquidate my obligations till I am entirely out of debt. If I can have this amount of money for