for you to bind me as tight in writing as you
like, but one fifth must be paid down before
I tell it. There will be no more expences
to pay for Lawyers, ect. to go to Washington
to fight for your cause, as it will be smooth
sailing into the Union. I am willing to give
you a bond to the effect, that if you do as
I tell you, and Utah do not become a state
within five years, that I will refund you
the money paid me.
Please write and tell me if you will un-
dertake this matter, will you come to see
me? That would be best. Please remember
that often it is the obscure in this world
that is the best inventors.
My ideas are too valueable to give them
away. I live at mouth of Maple Canyon,
Springville Utah Co
for you to bind me as tight in writing as you
like, but one fifth must be paid down before
I tell it. There will be no more expences
to pay for Lawyers, ect. to go to Washington
to fight for your cause, as it will be smooth
sailing into the Union. I am willing to give
you a bond to the effect, that if you do as
I tell you, and Utah do not become a state
within five years, that I will refund you
the money paid me.
Please write and tell me if you will undertake this matter, will you come to see
me? That would be best. Please remember
that often it is the obscure in this world
that is the best inventors.
My ideas are too valueable to give them
away. I live at mouth of Maple Canyon,
Springville Utah Co
"Letter from Charles E. Malmström, 8 January 1890," p. 3, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 19, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/R6p0