Salt Lake City, May 11 1893. Prest. Wilford Woodruff, Dear Brother, I am in receipt of your communication of the 9th inst. and am very sorry to say I must violate my own feeling in this regard. I fhave been aiming to finish the profession of a Mining Engineer and it will require another years study to complete it. To quit now is to loose four years of hard work. I can assure you that my feeling are the best in this regard and think it furnishes an experience which only can be ...

J. B. Swenson May 11 [18]93.