Letter from Emily Jane Newman DeLamater, 16 August 1897

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Letter from Emily Jane Newman DeLamater, 16 August 1897
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    1 Ogden 8/16 1897 To the Venerable Wilford Woodruff: Beloved President Please forgive the lib- erty I take in thus writing to you, but it ^is^ nothing but the agony I suffer that would induce me to do so. Will be as brief as the circumstances will admit of. I was president of a Ward Primary Association at the time the call was made for means to complete our grand & noble Temple & I found out my nerves were giving out under the strain of that ^&^ with the ...
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    2 accomplished so much good. So I con- tinued until the following June when the anniversary of Pres't Young's Birth- day was to be celebrated by the children & when those exercises were over, & a short time after another child was born to me I was a complete nervous wreck & am yet; my brain troubling me to such an extent I can scarcely endure the children to speak to me & when they worry me I feel like I would go raving mad. The oldest one is a boy ...
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    3 & Bishops & by Apostle Richards who promised me great & glorious blessings & have been to Salt Lake & Logan Temples & been baptized for my health. It is for the sake of my children that I pour out the anguish of my soul to you, not being able to go to meetings with them & their father has to work every day Sundays & holidays too they are running wild. Although this nervous trouble has been coming on for years ...
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    4 Dear President I ask you as I would my father were he alive to try to help me, pray for me & may that channel of commu- nication that is open between you & the Heavens be opened for my benefit that my fasting & prayers may not be in vain & that my children may not have to suffer longer for the want of a mother's care. I fear so much for my mind for it is ^in^ a dreadful state & it seems impossible to endure it much longer unless the ...
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    Please do favor me with a quick reply advising me what to do. Oh if I could never do hard work again if I could only get the strength of nerves & brain again how I would rejoice & praise my Heaven ly Father. I have covenanted that if he will heal me I would devote my life to the Ministry. May God bless you & I do pray that you may be the means in His hands of lifting me from this lamentable condition I am your Humble servant E. J. DeLamater
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    E. J. DeLamataer Aug. 16 [18]97 Bro. George