Title:
Letter from Elliott McAllister to John Muir, 1893 Dec 21.
Creator:
Elliott McAllister
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:
1893 Dec 21
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir07_1448-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 13.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
San Francisco
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
THE SIERRA CLUB, SAN FRANCISCO, OFFICE: ROOM 56 ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUILDING, 809 MARKET STREET. Dec. 21,1893. Dear
Sir:- In accordance with a resolution to that effect,passed by the Board of Directors of the Sierra Club, a Committee has
been appointed to represent the Sierra Club in the matter of the Pacific (Mt.Rainier) Forest Reserve, and to co-operate with
the Committees already appointed from the Geological Society of America, the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
and the National Geographic Society, In their efforts to have such Reserve set apart by the Federal Government as a Park.
The Committee from the Sierra Club is composed of the following members :- Mr. John Muir, Mr. Robert Underwood Johnson,
Pres.David Starr Jordan, Mr. George B. Bayley Mr. P.B.Van Trump. You will receive further notification of what definite
action may be required of this Committee. Yours respectfully, illegible Secretary 01753