Creator
Dr. K. Keck
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Aistershaim Upper Au[illegible] May 18 1876.
Mr John Muir,
Dear Sir, Your favor of April 17 came to hand. Though refusing my proposal not being able to comply with my wishes you wrote so cordially that I feel encouraged to address you an other demand. It is your compatriot Mr. McLean ruggist, [ corner?] of Stockton and Elle Street, San Francisco, who [illegible] me, [ some?] years ago, to exchange [illegible]cal specimens with him. I accepted with pleasure his propo- sal and sent to him a fine col- lection of 800 species through the Smithsonian Institution. But though I wrote to him two or three letters I never heard a word from him. He did not
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even acknowledge the receipt of the plants. You will highly oblige me, dear Sir, by giving notice in two lines whether Mr. McLean is dead or what may be the motive of his silence. If it is out of his power to fulfil his promise he should at least apologize himself. I hope you will not be angry with me that I trouble you for affairs which are nothing to you, but I have no acquaintance in your town to apply to, and the consul of my country, to whom I wrote about this matter has not answered, too. Believe me always [illegible] to do you every service in return. Very Truly Yours D K. Keck
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Location
Aistershaim, Upper Austria
Date Original
1876 May 18
Source
Original letter dimensions: 23 x 14.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Keck, Dr. K., "Letter from Dr. K. Keck to John Muir, 1876 May 18." (1876). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 345.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/345
Resource Identifier
muir03_0424-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0423
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
