Creator
Walter H. Page
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
THE WORLD'SWORKFARMINGDOUBLEDAY PAGE & Co.134-135-197 EAST 16TH STREET, NEW YORKCOUNTRY LIFEIN AMERICATHE GARDENMAGAZINEApril 23, 1909.My dear Mr. Muir:We want your Yosemite book, which I understand you are at work on and will finish before you finish your Autobiography, and then we want your Autobiography. I beg to offer now right off the bat a 15 % royalty for each of those books to increase to 20 % after 10,000 copies have been sold. Besides that, we will use more or less of each of them in the magazine, and pay you [illegible]150 an article for as much as we can use. Won't you let us call this a bargain?Heartily yours,[illegible]Mr. John Muir,California.04482
Location
New York
Date Original
1909 Apr 23
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 27.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir18_0390-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 18, Image 0390
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
