Letter from German Edgar Ellsworth, 15 February 1896 [LE-15733]

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Payson, .

Pres. Wilford Woodruff,
Salt Lake City.

Dear Brother, In accepting my
missionary call last August, I asked until July
[18]96, which was granted; but my circumstances
have so shaped themselves that I can leave at your
earliest date after April 25th, as then is when
my school closes.

My call was to the Southern States which is
agreeable to my feelings, but I fear my health
would prevent me doing good work, as I have had
the Chills and Fever here in Utah.

I gladly accept my call and am willing to
work in any field, but for some reason I know not
what, I am inclined toward the California or the
Swiss and German Mission.

Your Brother in Gosple,
German E. Ellsworth

Bro. Ellsworth would rather leave on a mission
during April than later. J. S. Paige Jr Bp,

See over

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Perhaps we will need him in the Cal-
ifornia Mission—if so why not call
him to that mission? I would be in
favor of that. J. F. S.

[sideways text]
German E. Ellsworth
Feb. 15 [18]96.
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