Creator
A. H. Sellers
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[letterhead]
Feb 10, 1899
My dear Muir -
I am again a slave my neck is again under the yoker, but I hope only for a few months.
Yesterday the Board of Directors and circumstances made me President of this company, and that means I must be at my desk every day from 9am to 5pm. I fought hard against it and had I not [illegible] it would only be for a short time would never have yielded. The circumstances are these, the three companies have have been fighting each other very hard and there is now strong probability that a consolidation will result in the near future. I wanted our people to pass the election of officers which always occurs at the Feb 7 meeting over the 15th March meeting in hopes that the consolidation would take place in the
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meantime, but our people feared that if we passed the election that the [illegible] would think we could not agree [illegible] to take advantage of the circumstances, so I was forced to consent.
I never hated to give up my trip to Cala so much as I did this time and even Fay wanted to go.
I feel this morning as tho' I had taken a heavy load on my shoulders, but if the consolidation that is now proposed is carved out I will get out for good and to a great advantage. I would like your sympathies for a few months and if I am not free then I want you to kick me.
Fay & Frank give [illegible] love to you all -
[illegible]
A H Sellers
Location
Chicago
Date Original
1899 Feb 10
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21 cm.
Recommended Citation
Sellers, Alfred H., "Letter from A. H. Sellers to John Muir, 1899 Feb 10." (1899). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2353.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2353
Resource Identifier
muir10_0657-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0657
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
