Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[William] Colby
Preview
Transcription
is now growing calm as the thermometer rises, & I hope to get a quiet week or two see friends & finish my Yosemite book.The price of the Pillsbury pictures is very reasonable. I'll tell the Century Co. to get them. I want the best photos of the Yo. Park in general, also a few of the King's and Kern Tehopete, Sequoias etc. I'll see all are paid for.The Am. Alpine Club gave me a fine dinner, so did the Appalachian and a great time at the Yale commencement, getting honor for helping to save H. H. Glad you liked the Sierra Club book I'll get the publishers to send someN. Y.June 27, 1911Dear Mr Colby,I've just written to Mr McFarland assuring him of my help in the Niagara fight and my eagerness to meet him. I had not in the least forgotten him or his magnificent work but since coming here I've had so much Hetch Hetchy and book work to do besides planning for S. America and have also been tousled and tumbled hither thither dinnered honored etc almost out of my wits I could never set a day to see him. The society weather
Location
New York
Date Original
1911 Jun 27
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir20_0418-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0418
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
