Title:
Letter from Ellery Sedgwick to John Muir, 1909 May 25.
Creator:
Ellery Sedgwick
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1909 May 25
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir18_0489-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 28 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Boston
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
EDITORIAL OFFICE OF THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY 4 PARK ST. BOSTON May 25, 1909. My dear Sir: A few weeks ago when I was making
a trip through California I wrote you the enclosed note which explains itself, and now on my return to my office I hear from
Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin and Company that there is really a chance that your autobiography, so long hoped for, may soon take
material shape. If it does, I hope you will realize from the outset what a strong interest the Atlantic would take in such
a piece of work by you and what sympathy it feels for the things which your life stands for. whenever you have any interesting
news for us it will be most welcome. Very truly yours, John Muir, Esquire, Martinez, California. P. S, It is possible
that you do not know that a year or so ago the Atlantic changed hands and is now altogether independent of Houghton, Mifflin
Company. This in no wise affects its policy, but merely gives it the great additional advantage of in-dependence and of an
organization entirely devoted to the interests of the magazine. 04509