Salt Lake City Sept 5th 1887 President Wilford Woodruff, Dear Sir: It is in your power to be of great service to a helpless class in the community, a class that more than any other people needs the benefits of an education which areis to fit them for lives of usefulness in this hard world of ours, and I am not without hope from my slight personal acquaintance with your kindness of heart and gentleness of disposition that you will grant the favor which I am going to ask ...

Regents, of which Mr. George Q. Cannon was then chancellor and here I must say that a more generous, whole-souled body of gentlemen I have never seen. The Board re- commended the needs of the Department to the last Legislature in 1886 and an increase of approp- riation together with an under- standing that the University should provide quarters for the accom- modation of our pupils was the result but unfortunately, the veto of Gov. Murray destroyed our only means of support. In our time of distress, the ...

in them beyond that of boarders and no attempts would be made to instruct them in good habits and thus left to themselves, they would be too apt to pick up bad ones, such as smoking, chewing and drinking. Also, which tender mother or loving father would send away a darling child or an an innocent young daughter among irresponsible persons without anyone to carefully look after them and watch over their minds? It is not necessary to explain this matter further: you as a parent and as the father of the Church can understand ...

pectfully refer you to the last Annual Report of President J. K. Park, than whom none was better qualified to judge upon such a subject. The house which we occupied last year was a large frame house, inconvenient in many respects for the proper regulation of our household, but it was the best that we could secure. The house however proved to be damp and unhealthy to such an extent that our pupils suffered from colds and rheum- atic fevers and our own baby, the only one we have and the only ...

Yet, to this necessity am I reduced for the want of a suitable building elsewhere. When I think of it, I am filled with despair. I have looked through the whole neighborhood of the University for a house but there is none that I could get for [lone] or money. The Ellerbeck family owns a fine place but they would not rent it to us for less than one hundred dollars ($100) per month. Of course, that is out of the question. There is but one other place which we could ...

The house belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and you, as the President, have the power of disposing of it as you think necessary, for, so I have been told, and I hope for the sake of the others that you will find it possible to grant the use of it to the Department for Deaf Mutes. We paid $20.00 per month rent for the other house last year and will be able to pay a little more for the Cannon place if you say so. Any conditions or restrictions ...

Henry C White City Sepr 7 [18]87.