I have received notice
from President Woodruff to prepare to start to the southern
states on the 14th of January 1897 to labor in the missionary
feild
My circumstances at the present time are in a very bad shape
of having obligated myself to some extent beyond my means
If the President feels disposed to send me on my mission
under the circumstances I will be ready in health to start
from Salt Lake City on the 14th of January
But if I can possibly be released for two years I hereby pledge
myself to present myself (if in good health) at the Historians Office
on the 13th day of January 1899
I have received notice
from President Woodruff to prepare to start to the southern
states on the 14th of January 1897 to labor in the missionary
feild
My circumstances at the present time are in a very bad shape
of having obligated myself to some extent beyond my means
If the President feels disposed to send me on my mission
under the circumstances I will be ready in health to start
from Salt Lake City on the 14th of January
But if I can possibly be released for two years I hereby pledge
myself to present myself (if in good health) at the Historians Office
on the 13th day of January 1899
"Letter from George Geddes Lindsay Jr., 25 November 1896," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/PMjw