During my absence from the city I have authorized President Joseph F. Smith to sign all recommends for temple work with the exception of those for second anointings which I prefer to attend to myself and wish them forwarded directly to me, or have them postponed until after my return.
[Source: John Taylor to John D. T. McAllister and Marriner Wood Merrill, Aug. 4, 1884 as quoted in Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, http://amzn.to/TempleWorship]
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