Creator
W[illia]m E. Colby
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
To explore, enjoy, and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific. Coast; to publish authentic information concerning them; to enlist the support and co-operation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural feature's of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS-1902-1903.
Mr. John Muir...President
Mr. Elliott McALLISTER...Vice-President
Mr. J. N. LECONTE...Treasurer
Prof. W. R. DUDLEY...Corresponding Secretary
Mr. WILLIAM E. COLBY...Recording Secretary
Room 25, Eighth Floor, Mills Iiuilding.San Francisco.
Prof. GEORGE DAVIDSON, Prof.DAVID STARR JORDAN,
Mr.WARREN GREOORY,Mr. WARREN OLNEY.
Vice Prof. c. B. Bradley, resigned,
CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATI0N:
Pros.DAVID STAR JORDON.
Mr.J.S.HUTCHINSON.jr...Assistant Editor
Claus Spreckels Building
MERCHANTS'EXCHANGE BUILDING
SAN FRANCISCO,CAL.
May 21, 1902.
Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.
My dear Mr. Muir:-
Things are booming an regards the outing and I hope that you will stand by me, as I need all the assistance possible.We are going to have a Mich finer crowd of people, even, than last year and they all askt the first thing, if you are going to he with us, and every now and then I hear alarming reports from some one who has heard that you have decided not to visit the Canon.
I meant to have written you before this and to have stated that if it is your pleasure that your daughters should accompany our party that their deposits will be offact by What the (Blub owes you from 3 ast year, the balance I believe being $50.00, of course, if you make up your own party than I will see that the $50.00 is refunded you some tine soon, but I hope that this is not the case and. that you will not take the trouble and time to make up a separate oanp outfit and party, for you can just as well come in with ua, and we will make everything as comfortable as possible for you and the girls.You naist remember that you coiae as a guest of the committee and your daughters deposits are already settled.
Have you heard anything recently frou Dr. Merriam and do you know of his movements? Could you not write him a letter and
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"To explore, enjoy, and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to publish authentic information concerning them; to enlist the support and co-operation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains."
BOARD OF DIRECTORS --1902-1903.
Mr. JOHN MUIR... President
Mr. ELLIOTT MCALLISTER... Vice-President
Mr. J. N. LECONTE... Treasurer
Prof. W. R. DUDLEY.. Corresponding Secretary
Mr. WILLIAM E. COLBY.. Recording Secretary
Room 25, Eighth Floor, Mills Building, San Francisco.
Prof. GEORGE DAVIDSON, Pres. DAVID STARR JORDAN,
Mr. WARREN GREGORY, Mr. WARREN OLNEY.
(Vice Prof. C. B. Bradley, resigned.)
CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION:
Pres. DAVID STARR JORDAN.
Mr. J. S. HUTCHINSON, Jr... Assistant Editor
Claus Spreckels Building
stir him up a little and find out just what he is going to do? Kindly let me hear from you so that I may be reassured about your going.
With best regards for yourself and Mrs. Muir and the girls, I am,
Very sincerely yours,
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Location
San Francisco
Date Original
1902 May 21
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21 cm.
Recommended Citation
Colby, William E., "Letter from W[illia]m E. Colby to John Muir, 1902 May 21." (1902). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4672.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4672
Resource Identifier
muir12_0424-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0424
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
