Letter from Brighamine Hansen Pratt, 4 June 1897
Salt Lake City, .
President Woodruff & Council,
Dear Brothern,
For some six or seven years my hus-
band, Parley P. Pratt, one of the Pioneers of 1847, has
had but little or no work. During the last five mon-
ths he has been out on a lecturing tour. Soon after
starting out he took a heavy cold which rendered him
unfit for work, and at the time I thought to wright
you of his condition; but Mr. Pratt felt when approached
on the subject to struggle on hoping to get better.
But finally through exposure and cold and over-
exertion, Lagrippe set in; when he was obliged to
return and now lies at home very sick, haveing lost
27 pounds of flesh.
Since being a married man he has spent at least
one fourth of his time in the missionary field. He has
also contributed hundreds of dollars in Tiths and offer-
ings.
During the most critical times we have ^applied^ to the Bis-
