Jane Manning James receives letter from Angus Cannon with a recommend to do baptisms for the dead.
Letter from Angus M. Cannon to Jane E. James, June 16, 1888, Angus M. Cannon Collection, 1854–1920, MS 1200, Church History Library.
Salt Lake City
June 16, 1888
Mrs. Jane James,
I enclose you your recommend properly signed,—which will entitle you to enter the Temple to be babtized and confirmed for your dead kindred.
You must be content with this privelege, awaiting further instructions from the Lord to his servants. I am your servant and brother in the Gospel.
Angus M. Cannon