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00850 McLandburgh Co., GRAIN COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 90 La Salle Street. CHICAGO, June 13 1879 Mr. John Muir San Francisco,
Cal My dear Sir: It gave me pleasure to receive your letter introducing Mr. M. Keloey? and I went with him personally to
see about his project introducing him to several of our scientific men here. It has been several days since I saw him last
and I do not know what he decided upon. The last call he made he was talking of taking the illegible King directly through
to New York City. It was with illegible siderable illegible - tification that I learned you are about bringing out a book
of your writings. That book will make your name well known all over the world. I have spoken