Paris, Idaho, Jan. 31 [18]88. Pres. Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City. Dear Brother, I take the liberty of bringing before you a matte[r] that I would like much better not to have to annoy you with, as you have probably plenty to do without giving you more trouble. But you will see from the following that I could not very well do otherwise but come to you. In June 1886 Miss Mary Hofmann came from Switzerland to

& Germany; in Provo she was enticed by the father of G. N., Bro. John C. Naegele to Toquerville, Washington Co. Utah, to come down with him in the service of one of his wives; without much experience, she did not insist much on his conditions of payment, thinking because she had got the money for her emigration from the brother-in-law of John C. Naegele, Mr. John Beck from

back to Payson. Miss M Hofmann had to force her way out of Mr. John C. Naegele, viz. insist frequently and strongly till he would allow her to go out of his home, for he never took her down with him but thin- king she would become his wife, as many of his utterances did show it. Miss Hofmann never thought of such thing and finally got out through her firmness. In the month of October 1887 she became my wife at Logan, ...

Hofmann was a good dress-maker, and would at any time have made that much or more besides her board either in Washinton Co or in Provo, or Payson or Salt Lake C[it]y where she subsequently was; and because she had to make many dres- ses for N's folks and besides work hard, harder than many young man would splitting wood, cutting grass, etc all the time, as many people of Toquerville could certify. N's people answered

to think much upon my request to them. Is it right for any man to hire somebody keep them as long as possible and then let them go without any renumeration worth of the time they have been hired? Mr. John C. Naegele is rich and can pay very well. If he was not paying there would be a very simple way, we would not pay back the $60 or 65 that my wife owes for her emigra- tion, for he could pay them back to his brother-in-law; but ...

letter but necessary to give a clear statement and would you be kind enough and tell me what to do. Your humble brother in the Gospel A. Ramseyer Paris, Bear Lake Co Idaho. [upside down text] A. Ramseyer, 31 Jan. 18808 ...