President Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake City
Dear Brother
Your notification
of 20th inst is to hand in reply
will say I would have ben
pleased if I could of said yes
I will go and fullfill the
mission to the best of my ability
but my financial circumstances
are such that I couldent leave
at present without loosing what
I have worked for for a good many
years. I am now 800 miles from
home my Famley with me was
calculating to stay here all winter
as we have work for our Outfit
now and prospects for work the
most of the winter and spring
Zillah Washington
President Wilford Woodruff
Salt Lake City
Dear Brother
Your notification
of 20th inst is to hand in reply
will say I would have ben
pleased if I could of said yes
I will go and fullfill the
mission to the best of my ability
but my financial circumstances
are such that I couldent leave
at present without loosing what
I have worked for for a good many
years. I am now 800 miles from
home my Famley with me was
calculating to stay here all winter
as we have work for our Outfit
now and prospects for work the
most of the winter and spring