Letter from Henry G. Bryant to John Muir, [1908].

Creator

Henry G. Bryant

Creator

Henry G. Bryant

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

American Alpine Club

COUNCILORS
PROF. JOSEPH N. LECONTE
REV. HARRY P. NICHOLS
PROF. HARRY FIELDING REID
PROF. A. LAWRENCE ROTCH

PRESIDENT
PROF. JOHN MUIR
VICE-PRESIDENT
PROF. CHARLES E. FAY
MR. HARRINGTON PUTNAM

SECRETARY
MR. HENRY G. BRYANT
806 LAND TITLE BUILDING
PHILADELPHIA
TREASURER
MR. GEORGE VAUX. JR.
404 FRANKLIN BANK BUILDING
PHILADELPHIA

[1908]

Prof. John Muir,
President American Alpine Club,
Martinez, California.

My dear Professor Muir:

It is planned to hold the next business meeting and dinner of the Club on Friday, December 31st, at the rooms of the Appalachian Mountain Club in Boston. Them. As. Adv. of Science will be holding their sessions there at the same time. I am expecting to send out a preliminary notice shortly and it would be very good if I could include in this the news that you would be present and preside. I do hope you will be able to so arrange your affairs as to join us this year, and in sending you this letter of reminder I am carrying out the wishes of a number of the members of the Board who are most anxious to see our President in his place at the head of the Board.
Our gatherings are not large or formal, but include a lot of men of the right sort whom it would warm your heart to meet.
I know the journey across the continent is a good deal to expect of anyone; hut if you come you will not regret it, and we on our part need a message from the Sierras and our distant brethren in

04128s American Alpine Club

COUNCILORS
PROF. JOSEPH N. LECONTE
REV. HARRY P. NICHOLS
PROF. HARRY FIELDING REID
PROF. A. LAWRENCE ROTCH

PRESIDENT
PROF. JOHN MUIR
VICE-PRESIDENTS
PROF. CHARLES E. FAY
MR. HARRINGTON PUTNAM

SECRETARY
MR. HENRY G. BRYANT
806 LAND TITLE BUILDING
PHILADELPHIA
TREASURER
MR. GEORGE VAUX, JR.
404 FRANKLIN BUILDING
PHILADELPHIA
Prof. John Muir --2.
the West.

With hopes of a favorable reply, I am

Very truly yours,
[illegible]
Secretary.

04128 [in margin: death of my wife & the marriage of my two daughters leaving me alone here in my library [Jean?] it becomes more & more difficult [illegible] far. I have always said I would not waste time writing books until too old to climb mtns [illegible] I am in my 71st yr I have [commenced?] to look over [illegible] note books with plans for books [illegible] work with endless interruptions makes but little headway. The fight for [illegible] & Nat parks in general will be on again in Congress next month. A great consummer of time. [illegible] I was with the Pres & Sec Billings in Yo [illegible] & [illegible] & all I saw & learned seemed favorable [illegible] If I can't get to you in winter I must try in summer. In the meantime, I am ever with all good wishes. Ever your faithful fellow [mtner?] J. M. Am. Alpine Club.]

Dr Mr B

Many thanks for yr kind letter on the plan for the next business meeting & dinner of the Club. Should the fates be kind enough to allow me to cross the Continent next Dec you may be sure I shall be delighted to meet you all in Boston. At present however the outlook is far from promising. Strange to say the severest exposure in the wilderness never does me any harm, while in civilization I catch all sorts of disabling coughs colds Grippes etc. especially when I venture to travel far on railway cars in winter. And since my home has been broken up by the