Creator

W[illiam] B[elmont] Parker

Recipient

John Muir

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W. b. PARKEREDITOR434 Lafayette St.,NEW YORKNew York, August 7, 1909.John Muir, Esq.,Martinez, Cal.My dear Mr. Muir:I am writing you again at the risk of seeming importunate, to inquire about your Autobiography. I hope this is nearing completion, or that at least some parts of it are advanced far enough so that they might be used in. a, magazine. I should be glad to" have the privilege of reading them for th Metropolitan Magazine, to which, as I think I have wri ten you, I am acting as consulting editor. The magazine will "be pleased to make generous payment for such chapters of the Autobiography as they might be able to use, and I am sure would welcome very greatly, the opportunity of publishing something by you.Yours faithfully,[illegible]04554

Location

New York

Date Original

1909 Aug 7

Source

Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.

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muir18_0644-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 18, Image 0644

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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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