Creator

David Jordan

Creator

David Jordan

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Stanford University, Cal.,11/14/99.

Mr.John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.
Dear Sir:

I send you herewith manuscript covering about two-thirds of your story of the Water Ouzel. D, C. Heath & Co. would be glad to have it for their book of true tales of birds and beasts,edited by myself and designed as collateral reading in schools.As much of this as you and your publisher are willing to spare will be gratefully received.If you will go over the manuscript and cut out whatever is necessary, we shall be under obligation to you for the rest.

Very truly yours,

[illegible]

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Location

Stanford, Calif.

Date Original

1899 Nov 14

Source

Original letter dimensions: 13 x 20.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir10_1081-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 10, Image 1081

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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

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