Correspondence

File — Box: 2, Folder: 27

Identifier: I

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

November 9, 1876 - Alta City, Little Cottonwood, to (Salt Lake City); Thomas, Thomas C, to His Excellency President (Brigham) Young, Sr.
Informs Young of an important improvement in the spinning of wool yarn. The improvement he has invented is a "Spinning appartus fixed directly where the thread is coming out of the card and doing away entirely with spinning Jack's Mules and C." Explains his need to get it patented. Asks for Young's help, financial and other, to help him make a model in order to market it. Trusts Young and would rather ask him than anyone.

Dates

1836-1968

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