Creator
Leonard Lyell
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
[4]any letter for me directed to care of [illegible] Belfow [illegible] [illegible] 50 California Street will find me on arrival.I remain [sincerely?]yours faithfullyLeonard Lyell[illegible].John Muir [illegible].[1][letterhead]30 April 1910Dear SirI have the pleasure to enclose - letter of introduction from Prof. Osborn of New York and to say that I expect to be in San Francisco by the middle of May where I hope to have the pleasure of calling on youMy object is going to California to [illegible] visit some of the forests and [particularly?] 04753
[2]the Sequoia to the King river Valley - also a typical Red Wood Forest & one of Port Orford Cedars & any other interesting trees of the mountain which it may be practicable for me to reach.Any advice you may kindly furnish to attain my object & save time & trouble will be very highly appreciated.[3]I was in California four year ago arriving just at the time of the earthquake & fire which in its calamities so damaged communications & so occupied peoples attention that I failed to see some of the places I had hoped to visit & was unable to make use of many letters of recommendation kindly supplied to me by Mr Gifford Pinchot.
Location
[New York]
Date Original
1910 Apr 30
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Lyell, Leonard, "Letter from Leonard Lyell to [John Muir], 1910 Apr 30." (1910). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4996.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4996
Resource Identifier
muir19_0333-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 19, Image 0333
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
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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
