Creator
C. C. Wayland
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
The cement made showed it to be of the finest grade made in United States,Observatory hill is also to be worked and the Davy Taylor farm will also be included in the deal as will the Sanderson farm now owned by Tames Mc Reath.The deeds are now up and several thousand dollars have been expended and very thing in readiness for work during the coming Summer, the mill will be erected on the knoll just west of where your home was built and some of the building will be nearly four hundred feet long, two stories high and eighty feet wide while ethers will have towers seventy feet high.The lake and marsh near observatory hill also contains marl and this will in time be transportated to the mill at the lake. The clay to combine with the marl is of a special kind and will be transported nearly one hundred miles from the north.I have read with interest some of your articles and thought that it might interest you to know what nature had stored away so close to your boyhood home.If you wish I will send you pictures of the lake and also other views showing marl etc. and copy of the prospectus of the company that has been organized.Very Respectfully, [illegible]03515
Location
Portage, Wisc.
Date Original
1905-01-21 00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 33 x 21.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir15_0097-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 15, Image 0097
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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
