Title:
Letter from W[illia]m E. Colby to John Muir, 1910 Jun 17.
Creator:
W[illia]m E. Colby
Publisher:
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1910 Jun 17
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
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Identifier:
muir19_0518-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
San Francisco
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Transcription:
To explore, enjoy, and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to publish authentic information concerning
them; to enlist the support and co-operation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural
features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. SIERRA CLUB 302 MILLS BUILDING San Francisco, Cal. Board of Directors-1909-1910
Mr. John Muir, President Martinez Prof. A. G. McAdie, Vice-President San Francisco Prof. J. N. Le Conte, Treasurer Berkeley
Mr. William E. Colby, Secretary San Francisco Prof. Wm. F. Bade Berkeley Prof. E. C. Franklin Stanford University Prof.
W. C. Morgan Berkeley Mr. E. T. Parsons San Francisco Mr. Willoughby Rodman Los Angeles Outing Committee Mr. Wm. E.
Colby, Chairman Prof. J. N. Le Conte Mr. E. T. Parsons Honorary Vice-Presidents Prof. George Davidson San Francisco
Mr. R. U. Johnson The Century, New York Pres. David Starr Jordan Stanford University Mr. Gifford Pinchot Washington, D.
C. Committee on Publications Mr. Elliott McAllister, Editor San Francisco Prof. Wm. F. Bade, Book Reviews Berkeley Prof.
Wm. R. Dudley, Forestry Notes Stanford Univ. Prof. J. E. Church, Jr. Prof. W. C. Morgan Mr. Alex. G. Eells Mr. E. T. Parsons
Mr. J. S. Hutchinson, Jr. Prof. H. W. Rolfe San Francisco, June 17, 1910. John Muir Esq., Martinez, Cal. My Dear Mr.Muir:-
This will serve as an introduction for Mr. Boynes, whom I spoke to you about some months ago. He is one of the most competent
and intelligent men engaged in the work of stenography and typewriting, that I know of. He was Judge Lindley's head stenographer
for months and gave eminent satisfaction; he left in order to take a trip to England. He has recently been bookeeper and stenographer
for a mining company in Nevada, which has just been compelled to economize and get along without a stenographer. I have sent
him up to you in the hope that you can make some adjustment with him whereby he can help you in your work at Martinez. He
has been accustomed to a salary of 125.00 a month, but I think you could make an arrangement with him on a basis of 100 a
month and board. He would help you in the matter of preparing breakfast and luncheon at your home, and could go over with
you to Mr. Hanna's for dinner, perhaps. I do not think you will have any difficulty with misspelled words and punctuation
with Mr. Boynes, and that he will enable you to turn out a great amount of work. At any rate, if it is at all possible, you
might try him for a while. He had been intending to go to Santa Barbara, but upon my suggesting the possibility of your employing
him, decided to go up and see you, which was also a suggestion on my part. Very sincerely yours, illegible 04798