Letter from Orson Ferguson Whitney, 6 July 1898
President Wilford Woodruff,
Dear Brother:
I am asked by
Elder Torkelsen to endorse his
answer to the call made
upon him to take a mission.
I can only say this: that
I know very little about him;
he has only recently come into
the 18th Ward, where he was
rebaptized a few weeks ago.
He also brought tithing receipts,
and a recommend from some
Elder in Scandinavia, I believe.
I have heard unfavorable reports
about him from Elder Jens S.
Jensen of the 18th Ward and
Bro. Olaf Andersen of the Bikuben
Office, but personally I know
