Creator

Catherine H. [Katie C.H.] Hittell

Recipient

John Muir

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[Page 1] Dear friend Mr. Muir I suppose Mrs. Myrick has told you how we ladies worked to get the meadowlarks protected by the State Legislature. The Sportsmen’s Convention, which met last April, incorporated into their new game law, a section protecting the larks and it was to urge that that section be make into a law, that we ladies sent petitions signed by fifteen hundred prominent persons, to the legislature. Mr. Brassford of Vacaville, chairman of the Game Committee in the Assembly cut out the clause protecting the larks from the new Game

Location

San Francisco, Calif.

Date Original

1895 Apr 3

Source

Original letter dimensions: 18 x 11 cm.

Resource Identifier

1895 Apr 3 Catherine Hittell to JM

File Identifier

MSS 301 Shone

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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

1895 Apr 3 Catherine Hittell to JM p1

Keywords

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

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