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Grantsville City April 14th 1890
President Wilford Woodruff
Dear Brother
Your letter of April 11th informing me
that I have been called as a Missionary to
great Britain was duly received, my feelings
in regard to this call are nothing but good, and
I have no desire to shrink from any duty which
the Servants of the Lord require of me. I will
state my circumstances to you, not as an excuse to
be released, but to make you acquainted with the
Condition of my family which will enable you to Judge
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