Creator

William Kent

Creator

[William Kent]

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

Kentfield, Marin Co., Cal.
February 10, [19]08

Mr. John Muir ,
Martinez, Cal.

My dear Mr. Muir:

I wish to thank you for your book and especially for your letter. The Native Sons of San Rafael are to give me some sort of a reception at the Opera House in San Rafael, on the evening of Washington's birthday. Joaquin Miller and Luther Burbank, I believe, will be there, and I have to go through the mill just for the sake of jollying the good work along.
Naturally we are all particularly anxious to have you present and I wish to send you a special invitation to come here and stop over night with us and take in the show, which is naturally largely your show. It will be a splendid opportunity for us to say a few words that may help on the general cause of nature preservation and, incidentally, the larger park scheme. I shall much enjoy meeting you and am sure the occasion will not be depressing.
The trains leave San Francisco for Kentfield half-hourly after4:15 and prior thereto at 1:45, 2:45 and 3:45 P.M. Please let me know what train you are coming on and I shall see that you are met at the station.

Yours truly,

William Kent

P.S. Feb [February] 15th

By some oversight the original of this copy was not put in the envelope addressed to you but trust you will pardon the lateness of the invitation which is due to that fact. WK

Location

Kentfield, Calif.

Date Original

1908 Feb 10

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir17_0171-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 17, Image 0171

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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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

1 page

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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