Fifth Avenue Hotel

Madison Square, New York



March 29th, 1899

Mr. Otto Gramm

President Board of Regents University of Wyoming



Dear sir;

I have taken occasion to consult personally & by telephone with all the authorities of the leading universities & museums in the East, & find as the result of my inquiries that the offer I made you a few days ago for the claim to certain fossil remains is regarded by all parties as having been far in excess of the amount which should have been offered in such a case.

Of course had you accepted my offer I should have adhered to