President Wilford
Woodruff Dear Brother
I received your letter of
the 16 ult And will
say I were suprised
for I received a letter
from the Presidents of
the Seventys and they
said I would not be
required to report till
September my circumstances
I will say that I would
like to go on a mission
if my circumstances were
all rite but I am in
debt to the amount of
four hundred Dolars
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and my familey is
quite large and we
have to by all of our
provisions and it takes
afbout ten dollars a
month for flour alone
And I have no harvest
of grain for this year
we are quite Scant
for Clothing at
present and my familey
is mostly small but
one and he has had the
chills and feaver and he
is not able to do much
work at present. And
I have to depend upon
my labor for a living
for the familey. my
family is some what
scatered at present
owing to the condition
of things and I have
ben very hard run
to keep things a
moveing this is one
of the reasons for my
conditions I would like
to go on a mision if
I had the means to
keep my self and
familey but I have
not at present this
is my condition at
present I will close
for this time from your
Brother in the Gospel
of Peace