yours of the 18th came duly
to hand which I am
rather long in answering
my reasons are as follows
I have a quarter section
of land which I have
not proved up on yet
& I find that it would
^take^ at least two months to
secure it, which if not
done before I leave will
be forfeited I do not like
to loose it, if it can be
helped, but I realise that
the work which I am
called to help with
President Wilford Woodruff
Dear brother
yours of the 18th came duly
to hand which I am
rather long in answering
my reasons are as follows
I have a quarter section
of land which I have
not proved up on yet
& I find that it would
take at least two months to
secure it, which if not
done before I leave will
be forfeited I do not like
to loose it, if it can be
helped, but I realise that
the work which I am
called to help with
"Letter from James A. S. Smith, 30 December 1893," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 30, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/Y5Yn