Creator
Jno. T. McLean
Recipient
John Muir
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[4]I am reading on my way East, your very interesting book on "The Mountains of California" and congratulate you on this presentation of these grand mountains of ours, with their glaciers & forests & animal life, in such truthful & yet entertaining & delightful form, as that we can hardly leave off when once enjoyed in reading it. I hope it may have many readers, and you great satisfaction and profit as the result of its publication. & that many thousands may be drawn by its perusal to visit our Sierras.I wrote with a pencil & while the train is in motion so please excuse penmanship. & my long explanatory letter. Hoping to hear from you at your earliest conveniences in reply.I am, Very Truly, Your FriendJno. T. McLean
Location
[Near Rawlins, Wyo., aboard train]
Date Original
1896-02-02T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27 x 20.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir09_0049-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0049
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
