Creator

Benj [amin] P. Avery

Recipient

John Muir

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00679 [Letterhead: ROOMS OF THE OVERLAND MONTHLY, San Francisco, March 4th 1874.]Dear Mr. Muir: I am delighted with your very original and clearly written paper on “Mountain Sculpture”, which reveals the land beneath the beauty of mountain and rock forms. It is sure to attract wide attention. On [consultation?] with Mr. [Callaway?] and the Engravers I f[illegible] that it will be physically impossible to have the fourteen illustrations done in time for the April [number?], which must be [illegible] the last f[illegible] of contributions on the 10th. We can, however, have them done in time to print your article [in?] the [underlined: leading] [underlined: paper] in the [May number?], which will be issued April 15th or 18th. As this arrangement will make it more

Location

San Francisco

Date Original

1874 Mar 4

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir03_0035-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 03, Image 0035

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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 1

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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