Creator
[Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr.]
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
YALE UNIVERSITY,Secretary’s OfficeNew Haven, Conn.,April 18, 191lJohn Muir, LL.D.,Martinez, Cal.Dear Sir:-I have the honor to inform you that at a meeting of the Yale Corporation hold yesterday it was voted to confer upon you the degree of Doctor of Letters in case you can be present at the Commencement Exercises in New Haven, on Wednesday, June the twenty-first. We sincerely hope that you may be able to accept this invitation thereby enabling the University to honor itself in honoring you.Full information regarding the Commencement Exercises, entertainment in New Haven, etc., will be sent to you later. It is especially requested that the invitation contained in this communication to considered confidential. In early reply will be appreciated.I am, with high regard,Very truly yours,((signature illegible))Secretary
Location
New Haven, Conn.
Date Original
1911 Apr 18
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir20_0237-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0237
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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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
