Creator
Geo[rge] D. Dorsey
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYCHICAGOMay 17, 1909.Mr. John Muir,President, Sierra Club,San Francisco, Cali.My dear Mr. Muir:The Board of Directors of the Geographic Society of Chicago, of which I am President, has requested me to write to you to see if you would be willing to come on to Chicago sometime this autumn, as the guest of the Society at its Annual Banquet, to be held sometime in November or December, preferably November 12. The Society would, of course, defray your expenses on this trip. I cannot tell you how greatly pleased we would be if you could accept our invitation, but I beg to assure you that we should feel that you were doing us a very high honor.Believe me, with respect,Sincerely yours,[Illegible]ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGESTO THE FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, CHICAGO U. S. A.04499
Location
Chicago
Date Original
1909 May 17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Dorsey, George D., "Letter from Geo[rge] D. Dorsey to John Muir, 1909 May 17." (1909). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5769.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5769
Resource Identifier
muir18_0452-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 18, Image 0452
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
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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
