Creator
John Ritchie, Jr.
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[letterhead]
April 20, 1898
Dear Sir:
It gives me pleasure to convey to you the information that at the last meeting of the Appalachian Mountain Club you were elected to Corresponding membership in the club, formal note of which is enclosed For a number of years your papers and volumes, some of them at least have been in our library, the Glacier which bears your name is the most [impairing?] of our photographic treasures, so that we have not been unfamiliar with your work and you have been with us in spirit. It is as an old friend, therefore; that I welcome to actual fraternity with our Club members -
Cordially Yours
John Richie Jr
Corresponding Secretary
A. M. Club
Mr. John Muir
San Francisco, Cal
02419
Location
Boston
Date Original
1898 Apr 20
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21 cm.
Recommended Citation
Ritchie, John Jr., "Letter from John Ritchie, Jr. to John Muir, 1898 Apr 20." (1898). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2087.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2087
Resource Identifier
muir10_0147-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0147
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
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
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
