Letter from Thomas E. Wissing, 11 January 1894
Pr Woodruff esq
Dear Sir
I have heard and read, there
was a large amount gathered
by the Church for the Relieff
of the Poor for this winter, I
myself was one of them, what
donated a little amount in the
Asembly Hall in times I had
work, but after this I have
been sick and out of work
for a long while and not strong
enough to work with Pick and
Showell. I went to the Relief
Society to try to get a little
Coal and groceries for my
Familly, but got informed
that if I could not now work
on the Street with a showell I could
get nothing, alas I have to starve
with my Familly, notwithstan-
ding the money was given to
