Creator
Henry Gannett
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
HG-ELDP
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 7, 1904.
Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cala.
My dear Muir,
I have your note of June 4th written just after your return to God's country. I am sorry I could not wait in Manila for you, for we could have had a good time trotting around together, but the census was finished while you were still in the Himalayas, and I had no excuse for remaining. Isn't it a dear, quaint old town?
I am in the middle of the preparation of a report upon the Philippine Census, and that will keep me here all summer. No high Sierra for me this summer.
You know the Eighth International Geographic Congress is to meet here early in September. I am to be Secretary of it. Now, it will be very desirable for you, as president of one of the societies which invited the Congress, to be here to work with them, and you know there is a room at my house ready and waiting for you all the time, and so I hope you will obey the call of duty and be here early in September. We will attend the meetings of the Congress here, and then go over to New York and thence on to St. Louis.
Yours very sincerely,
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03400
Location
Washington, D.C.
Date Original
1904 Jul 07
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Gannett, Henry, "Letter from Henry Gannett to John Muir, 1904 Jul 7." (1904). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2820.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2820
Resource Identifier
muir14_0342-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0342
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
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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
