Title:
Letter from Garrett Newkirk to John Muir, 1907 Apr 11.
Creator:
Garrett Newkirk
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1907 Apr 11
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir16_0716-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Pasadena, Calif.
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
DR. GARRETT NEWKIRK ROOMS 501-502 SLAVIN BUILDING PHONE HOME 1600 PASADENA, CAL.,...April 11,.....1907. Mr. John Muir.
Dear Sir: If republics are not ungrateful as proverbially reported, one thing is certain that the citizens thereof are likely
to be neglectful in matters of ordinary courtesy. I asked some of those gentlemen who had charge of the Burns' banquet if
they had made proper acknowledgement to you of your contribution, and if they had sent you a clipping of the newspaper. They
blushingly admitted that what was the business of quite a number perhaps had been performed by none. But one of them had a
clipping from the Star which he gave to me for you, and they wished me to write and express their appreciation of your delightful
paper which was greatly enjoyed by those present. I am sending with this also a clipping from the News of my own contribution,
with illegible a part only of which 1 read, out of pity for the audience at a very late hour. While 1 am writing permit me
to express my personal thanks for what you have done for all nature lovers in the West in Mountains of California, and Our
National Parks. The first of these was brought to my attention by a friend in Chicago some eight years ago, and some of the
chapters have been read many times. As a bird lover I have particularly enjoyed the little prose poem The Water Ousel. Hoping
this will find you in good health and spirits still able for many a tramp on the mountains, 1 am Sincerely yours, illegible
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