Title:
Letter from John Muir to C. Hart Merriam, 1899 Apr 10.
Creator:
John Muir
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:
C. Hart Merriam
Date:
1899 Apr 10
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir10_0746-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez, Calif.
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Martinez, California April 10, 1899 Professor 0. Hart Merriam Dear Sir: I thank the wealthy New Yorker and you for
inviting me to join a scientific party in an excursion to Cookes Inlet and Kodiak. This is the only part of tho H.W. coast
I have not visited and I am strongly tempted to accept so flattering and advantageous an invitation at once. But I am partly
engaged to lead a party into the Yosemite region in May and I cannot at this time be sure that I could be ready to join you
at Seattle the last week of May. Besides I could hardly say positively that I could join he expedition without hearing directly
from the leader. Anyhow I assure you that after travelling so long alone I would be very glad to see this interesting icy
region with so many companions able to teach me so much that I am eager to learn. Hoping to meat you era long I am Very
truly yours, JOHN MUIR