The Brigham Young Center

Provo, U. T. May 25, 1858

Mr. John W. Cooper

Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication to me, bearing date of May 24th in which you propose to sell "the entire <interest> of Mr. H. L. Kinney to the Mosquite Coast, Central Americam and also state the "conditions of the sale.

Kindly thanking you and Mr. Kinney for the interest you have taken and the humanity you have manifested in behalf of the people of <the> Utah Territory, duty, policy and circumstances imperatively compel require me to decline entering into any negotiations for that purchasing, <all> or any portion of the country claimed by Mr. Kinney in Central America.

Ever anxious to obtain the most reliable, geographical and topographical information, particularly in relation to our own Continent, you will confer a if consistent with your future movements you will, by selling to me "Notes on Central America, by C. G. Squier," confer a favor upon

Respectfully your Obt Servt.

B. Y.