Creator

William B. Harrington

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

[letterhead]

Mch 27 1894

John Muir Esp

My dea Sir:

I am requested by the Committee on the Congress on Literature which Congress is to hold sessions at Golden Gate [Mall?] in the city, on the 20" 21" 23d 24" and 25th April next to extend to you an invitation to send a paper on the "Literature [of?] Nature" at the evening session on Wednesday Apr 25".
If from any reason you should be unable to send

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yourself, the paper shall be intrusted to a competent person for delivery.
The length of the paper is as you may please but the Committee feel that whether brief or extended anything from your pen would be welcome.
Trusting for a favorable response I remain my dear sir

very truly yours

Willard B. Harrington

Chairman

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Location

San Francisco, Cal

Date Original

1894-03-27

Source

Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir08_0165-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 08, Image 0165

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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