Creator
John W. Hoyt
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters,
Madison, Mar. 22, 1875.
Mr. John Muir, Oakland: Dear Sir,
I have re’d [ nad?] with great interest, and laid before the Academy of Sciences, your valuable “studies in the formation of Mountains in the Sierra Nevada, California”, for which please accept official and personal thanks. By way of reip[illegible]ity, I forward for your acceptance a copy of Vol. II, [illegible] Wis. Acad. You are to be congratulated on the success of your scientific labors and on the [ honorable?] recognition
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you have gained among the scientists of the country. If you interpose no objection I shall do myself the pleasure to nominate you for C[illegible] Membership in the Wis. Acad. at the next meeting. Respectfully Yours, John W. Hoyt
Location
Madison, [Wisc]
Date Original
1875 Mar 22
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27 x 41 cm.
Recommended Citation
Hoyt, John W., "Letter from John W. Hoyt to John Muir, 1875 Mar 22." (1875). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 312.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/312
Resource Identifier
muir03_0290-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0289
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
