Creator
Melville B[est] Anderson
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
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Stanford University, 18 May, 1901.
Mr John Muir,
Martinez:
Dear Friend:
Here is a good fellow who wishes to draw you for McClure's Magazine, the owners and promoters of which are former students of mine and honorable men. I tell him that very likely you may wine at the ordeal. In the good old times they used to draw and quarter: Now most of them draw without quarter. I do not wish to be implicated in the plot, and I have warned Mr
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Baker that, if he writes you[r?] life, you may revenge it in the way Dr. Johnson threatened Boswell. But I could not refuse the request of my friend, Mr Baker's employer, to give the latter an introduction to you. - This reminds me that, a number of years ago, Mr S. S. McClure invited me to be your showman. Have I not title to your gratitude for refraining? And after rejecting McClure's
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allurement, could I do less than I am now doing for him? Trusting that I shall have your forgiveness and that you will not feel obliged to resort to physical violence with Mr Baker, I am
Always cordially yours,
Melville B. Anderson
Location
Satanford University [Calif.]
Date Original
1901 May 18
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Melville Best, "Letter from Melville B[est] Anderson to John Muir, 1901 May 18." (1901). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4417.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4417
Resource Identifier
muir11_0711-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0711
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
Stanford University Library Dept. of Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Pages
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
