Creator
H[iram] M[artin] Chittenden
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[2]
subject. I [illegible] al[illegible] [no?] government [funds?] for the purpose and have to rely on my [illegible] [beyond?] where I can [secure?] by contributions. I write this letter to ask if you will contribute your volume on "Our National Parks". Due acknowledgement will be made in the form of a printed slip giving the name of the donor and [posted?] on the inside of the [front cover?]. If you [can?] contribute this, send by mail [under?] enclosed f[illegible].
Very truly [yours?]
H M Chittenden
Cap[n?] E[illegible] [illegible]
Your autograph in the book would be a most desirable feature.
[1]
[letterhead]
SIOUX CITY, IOWA, Feb 15 1903
Mr. John Muir:
My dear Sir:
I am in charge of the government work in the Yellowstone Park and am about to [erect?] a fine stone structure for a government office for the work their. Our [move?] of this building is to be [illegible] to an exhibition of the f[illegible], flora etc of the park, and I wish to have it [in?] [illegible] a book [illegible] [devoted?] exclusively to Park literature, in which I wish to include everything except [illegible] newspaper articles that has ever been written in that
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Location
Sioux City, Iowa
Date Original
1903 Feb 15
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 26 cm.
Recommended Citation
Chittenden, Hiram Martin, "Letter from H[iram] M[artin] Chittenden to John Muir, 1903 Feb 15." (1903). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2535.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2535
Resource Identifier
muir13_0186-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 13, Image 0186
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
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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
