Creator

E. W. Clark

Creator

E.W.Clark

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription



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[letterhead] Treasury Department, October 25, 1883.

Prof. John Muir, Martinez, Cal.

My dear Sir:

I mail to you to-day a copy of the publication entitled “Notes and Observations – Arctic Cruise of the Revenue [illegible] ‘Corwin’ – 1881”, in which is found your interesting and valuable contribution under the head of “Botanical Notes”, Had the [illegible] offered, I

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should have been glad to correspond with you, and obtain any illustrations or suggestions for illustrations that you might have offered, but, as you will see by the introductory letters accompanying this little work, this Office had no opportunity after Congress called for the Report, to obtain any illustrations. If you will furnish me with a list of persons to whom you would like some copies of the Report sent, I will obtain

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them from the Government Printing Office, and take pleasure in sending them under government frank; or, if you prefer, I will send them to you that you may mail them. Please indicate how many copies you would like for yourself, and I will try and supply you. The Treasury Department is to be allowed a limited number outside of the numbers supplied to Congress.

Very truly, yours, [C. W.?] Clark

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Location

[Washington, D.C.]

Date Original

1883 Oct 25

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir04_1109-md-1.pdf

File Identifier

Reel 04, Image 1108

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

3 pages

Keywords

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

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