Letter from Diantha Elizabeth Mortensen Smith, 17 January 1893

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Letter from Diantha Elizabeth Mortensen Smith, 17 January 1893
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    Tuba City, Coconino Co, Ariz. Jany, 17th 1893. President Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City Utah. Dear Brother: A matter of business here involves my own interests and those of my family to a very great extent, but which my circumstances will not permit me to attend to personally, and as I have nofew acquantances in Northern Utah, I therefore beg to engage your attention to this matter to the extent of entrusting it to some trustworthy person. The business referred ...
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    above here and which was occupied by sister Mary and her family. The Administrator of Bro Smith's estate in Arizona caused all of these properties to be inventoried and in due course of law they will be sold and myself and family be thus rendered homeless, as I do not possess the means for buying this place. It is the desire of all the Saints in this vicinity to see there separate properties restored if possible to the respective wives of ...
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    be mine too, I think, by the principles of right and Justice. If your views herein coincide with mine will you please get some one to find out the facts in regard to Bro Smith having or not having homesteaded in Utah. I am almost sure if he did at all the homestead right was located in Farmington, which must be in the Salt Lake Land District, and, if I am correct, the records will be easily accessible. Your kind attention to this request will place me under lasting ...
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    Diantha E. Smith Jan. 17 [18]93.