Mr. W. Woodruff Dear Brother
I have received your call on
me as a Missionary to Scandinavia and I can
say that I would like to
go, but my cercumstances
is not what they should be
for me to go. I have a Fameley
of five children the oldest is
but eight years old, and
I have no Farm or other
Property that will bring me
anything when I am gone
I have been trying to git what
I have coming to me but
these hard times is bad
for everybody. So I cant
git but very little of what
I should have, and I am
Mr. W. Woodruff Dear Brother
I have received your call on
me as a Missionary to
Scandinavia and I can
say that I would like to
go, but my cercumstances
is not what they should be
for me to go. I have a Fameley
of five children the oldest is
but eight years old, and
I have no Farm or other
Property that will bring me
anything when I am gone
I have been trying to git what
I have coming to me but
these hard times is bad
for everybody. So I cant
git but very little of what
I should have, and I am
"Letter from Hans P. C. Petersen, 24 November 1893," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 24, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/zXxy