Creator

Ed. S[cribner's]M[onthly] [Robert Underwood Johnson]

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

[letterhead] May 20” 1880 Dear Mr. Muir: Your last letter to me has been displaced, but we have just recalled the [proposition?] you make of the articles on Alaska. We should very much like two and probably three papers on that subject to add to those we have on hand, in a definite announcement for next year. (The “California Alps Excursion” will appear in the forth coming July number). We want to

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begin these in November and go right on with them at only an interval of a month or so. We hope you will continue to give us the first chance at what you write, for unless there should be some [unlooked?] to prevent our handling the material, for cont[illegible], we should like to publish for you.With sincere regard, [Ed. S. M.?]00915

Location

New York

Date Original

1880 May 20

Source

Original letter dimensions: 19.5 x 12 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir04_0168-md-1.pdf

File Identifier

Reel 04, Image 0167

Collection Identifier

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

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

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