Your very important
communici^a^tions just at hand
and I can assure you that it
is a great surprise to me.
I appreciate the confidence you
have placed in me in thinking
I am worthy of such a calling
but I have weighed an considerd
the matter and finally concluded
that I cannot in justice to my
self and family accept the
mission at present oweing to
my peculiar situation the short
Your very important
communiciaations just at hand
and I can assure you that it
is a great Surpise to me.
I appreciate the confidence you
have placed in me in thinking
I am worthy of such a calling
but I have weighed an considered
the matter and finally concluded
that I cannot in justice to my
self and family accept the
mission at present oweing to
my peculiar situation the short
"Letter from H. D. Goldsbrough, 14 December 1893," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 19, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/yXME