Creator
Joseph Leggett
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[letterhead]December 20th, 1895John Muir Esq.Martinez, Cal.Dear Sir,Your letter of October 18th, 1895, though so kind and courteous, gave me and the other members of our Lecture Committee a pang of disappointment. Mr. E. A. Denicke since then had the pleasure of hearing you speak before the Sierra Club, and at the next meeting of our Committee he exclaimed: "Oh if we could only get Mr. Muir to give that talk to the members of our Institute!" I have felt all along as though I could not give you up. Many years ago I read your delightful articles as they came out in the Magazines, and a few weeks ago I took out your "Mountains of California" and read it over again. And I can say to the credit of our members that the book has been largely read by them. But if you would only come before them in person and talk to them as you write, I know you would largely increase the number of the readers of your books and contributions to the periodicals. And, after all, is not that what you write for, to give instruction and pleasure to as large a number of persons as possible? Will you not please come down and help us start a Muir revival in San Francisco?02053
Location
San Francisco [Calif]
Date Original
1895-12-20T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir08_1301-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 1301
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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
