Creator

Walter H. Page

Creator

Walter H. Page

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

THE WORLD'S WORKDOUBLE DAY, PAGE & COMPANY PUBLISHERS133-137 EAST SIXTEENTH STREET, NEW YORKWALTER H.PAGE.EDITORFebruary 6, 1909.My dear Mr. Muir:I hear, in a curious way, that you have actually gone to work on your biography. All right! What shall we pay you as an installment for as much of it as we can use in the WORLD'S WORK? Two hundred dollars an article? And what shall we pay you for the book? Fifteen percent. royalty on the retail price on the first ten thousand copies, and 20% on all sold thereafter?Believe me,Always heartily yours,[illegible]To John Muir, Esq.,Martinez. California.04427

Location

New York

Date Original

1909 Feb 6

Source

Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 27.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir18_0139-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 18, Image 0139

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

1 page

Keywords

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

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