Grand Hotel S. F. June 18th 1889 My Dear General - Mr Johnson associate Editor of the Century Magazine is in California
arranging for an important series of papers for the magazine on the Pioneers of California is very desirous to include you
among the contributors. The papers are to be by representative men of reputation who participated in the events of those times
the Century wishes to reproduce the life of the old days in an authentic attractive thourough way. your name was one of the
first on Mr Johnson's list I feel sure that you will cordially cooperate with him in this movement to glorify the pioneers.
The Century has more than a million readers this series of papers will probably revive the whole subject in a popular interesting
way, doing for early times early timers