Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Melville Best] Anderson
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Martinez, Dec. 29, 1906Dear Professor OsbornI heartily wish you all a happy New Year, and congratulate you on your election to the Secretaryship of the Smithsonian Institution, also I congratulate you on your firm pluck and good sense in declining the honorWhen I first heard the news I said "a great honor for Osborn and the Institution, well won and well done, but how can he leave his vastflocks and herds outspread over all the Continent" and when I readyour letter to the Chancellor I was glad. May you live long, free and strong, to finish your own great work- a work worthy of grandold Huxley, and believe mefaithfully your friendJohn Muir[Note]Referring to Professor Osborn's explorations and Collection of fossil vertebrates for the American Museum of natural History which began in 1891 03796
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1906-12-29 00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir16_0481-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 0481
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
Stanford University Library Dept. of Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
