Letter from John B. Fairbanks, 8 September 1894
Payson Sept 8 1894
Presidents Woodruff Cannon & Smith
Salt Lake City
Dear Brethren
I have
a matter to present to you for your
consideration. To me it is of great
importance, but how it may seem
to you I cannot tell.
Before I went to
France I promised the Lord that
if he would open the way for me
to go and study I would devote
my time and talents in his service
as an artist ^in beautifying Zion^. Since I returned I
fhave been doing the best that I could
in that direction. I have employed
much of my time in making sketches
and pictures, I have sold but
few and at the rate I have been
