Your com-
ummunication of the 9th Inst.,
stating that my name
had been accepted as a
missionary to the Southern
States, is before me. I
am proud to have been
deemed worthy to engage
in the labor which I have
been selected to perform. I
shall make arrangements
to start from this city on
December 30, as requested,
and shall present myself at
the Historian's Office on
the day previous to my
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departure.
That I may con-
tinue to have the confidence
of the Priesthood, is the
sincere wish of,