Creator

Gardiner G. Hubbard

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

[2]

of lectures on Alaska, so perhaps one on the Yosemite with which I think you are as well or better acquainted than any other man.
We are not in the habit of paying gentlemen who lecture for us, as we have not a sufficient income for that purpose, but we frequently pay as high as fifty dollars for traveling expenses, a sum which we shall gladly pay to you, if you will lecture for us.

I am very truly yours

Gardiner Hubbard

President National Geographic Society



[1]

[letterhead]

June 27 / 94

John Muir Esq

Dear Sir;

I understand that you are expecting to visit the Atlantic States next autumn and winter, in which case, the National Geographic Society would be glad to have you deliver a lecture for them, on such subject as you might select.
We have had a number

01825

Location

Washington, D. C.

Date Original

1894-06-27

Source

Original letter dimensions: 18 x 22.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir08_0317-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 08, Image 0317

Collection Identifier

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

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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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