| Show appreciative or OF THE rhe PIONEERS the following letter the original of which in IB in the possession of treasurer H M wells or of trie brigham young Me memorial murial association IB 18 deserving ot of publicity and will be reid with lc in berest united states department of agriculture office of irrigation inquiry washington D C OGDEN june 1895 wilford woodruff esq president of the th church of jesus christ of latter day saints salt lake city utah dear sir 1 desire to subscribe through the hand of mrs F y S richards five dollars to the f fund and for the erection of a monument eDt to the memory of the pioneers of utah in this I 1 am joined by my daughter miss mias elizabe h irish who also through the kindness of mrs richards hands you a like sum ourselves pioneers of the valley of the mississippi and we westward atward of it deelii dee mii a clr pleas w honor the memory of those who overcoming the wilderness of utah and the savagery of its ita natives set up in that wilderness the dominion ot of civilization inaugurated prosperity and filled it ii with a thriving and happy people very truly yours CHAS W IRISH |
