Creator
Henry Ward Beecher
Recipient
Joseph Le Conte
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secure these additional works – I enclose my [Route?] for several weeks to come, & you will see that I shall have leisure in the care for much reading & meditation Now, will you allow me to present for your consideration the preporation of a popular manual on Evolution – [illegible] [just the month?] after general reading public, and also for Acadamies & higher [illegible] [of learning?]The want is great, & every day growing greater – No one can adequately perform the task who is not at once a trained scientist & a [fine?] Christian Such a work would have a large circulation & I have no doubt, that advantaging terms could be made with eminent publishers. With sincere appreciation of the work you have done & are doing in the [course of sound learning?],I am, dear sir, very truly yours Henry Ward [Beecher?]
Location
Brooklyn, N.Y.[San Francisco postmark]
Date Original
1883 Sep 8
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 24.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_1094-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 1094
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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
