Creator

Elliott McAllister

Recipient

John Muir

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THE SIERRA CLUB,SAN FRANCISCO,OFFICE: ROOM [56]ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUILDING,[809] MARKET STREET.Dec. 21,1893.Dear Sir:-In accordance with a resolution to that effect,passed by the Board of Directors of the Sierra Club, a Committee has been appointed to represent the Sierra Club in the matter of the Pacific (Mt.Rainier) Forest Reserve, and to co-operate with the Committees already appointed from the Geological Society of America, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the National Geographic Society, In their efforts to have such Reserve set apart by the Federal Government as a Park.The Committee from the Sierra Club is composed of the following members :- Mr. John Muir,Mr. Robert Underwood Johnson,Pres.David Starr Jordan,Mr. George B. BayleyMr. P.B.Van Trump.You will receive further notification of what definite action may be required of this Committee.Yours respectfully,[illegible]Secretary01753

Location

San Francisco

Date Original

1893 Dec 21

Source

Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 13.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir07_1447-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 07, Image 1447

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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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