Hanisch, Richard Translations in Polish Salt Lake City, August 15th 1888. President Wilford Woodruff, Esq. Salt Lake City. My dear brother: If agreeable to you, I should like to translate the Book of Mormon or any other Church works you may see proper at first into the Polish language and later into Russian. Since so many Polish people live in the United States—Even at the present time, in Rochester N. Y., there is a contemplation to build a new Roman Catholic Church for Polish people, there are ...

this coming year, as a minister for the German people, understands the Polish language very well, and after completing his studies next year, I would like that he might see this Church in its true light, and, if possible, become a member. My second son, Otto, who was baptized as a member of our Church, by br. Hart, also understands the Polish language a little. Trusting I have not worried you, I remain Your brother in the Everlasting Gospel Richard Hanisch. ...

Rd. Hanisch 15 August, 1888