Creator
Robert Herrick
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
02162
[letterhead]
Oct 8 96
John Muir, Esq.
President of the Sierra Club
of San Francisco
My dear Sir:
My. Edwin Abbot has requested me to write a notice of the life of his son, my old classmate and chum, in response to a request from your society for a short memoir to accompany the account of his last fatal expedition. It will give me great pleasure to put in permanent record my knowledge
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[letterhead]
of his rare and brilliant life.
Will you be good enough to let me know how much space you wish to devote to this purpose and the date of publication so that I may be able to place in your hands whenever required a suitable article.
Very truly yours,
Robert Herrick
8 Oct. 1896.
02162
Location
Chicago [Illinois]
Date Original
1896 Oct 8
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 13.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Herrick, Robert, "Letter from Robert Herrick to John Muir, 1896 Oct 8." (1896). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 846.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/846
Resource Identifier
muir09_0436-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0436
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
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
