Letter from Francis Christian Lee, 1 October 1893
Hyde Park, Utah,
Pres. W. Woodruff
Salt Lake City, Utah,
Dear Brother,
Yours of 28 ult. received. Its arrival was
a complete surprise to me and the notice is
very short. Without making excuses I will give
you a brief account of my situation.
On 25th of October last we (father & sons) bought
out the H. P. co-op store assuming all liabilities
and recsources and giving the Stockholders our
notes on two year's time for 100 cts. on the dollar.
Collections have been and still are very slow.
It has crowded us to meet our obligations, but by
another ^year^ we hope to pull through and therefore are
reducing expenses all that is possible.
I am the book-keeper and as you might say the
manager. If I'm called away my place must
be filled by a stranger and at a salary that at
present we are hardly prepared to pay.
But if this call cannot be postponed another
year without a hinderance to the course of truth,
