Title:
Letter from Casper Whitney to John Muir, 1909 Oct 9.
Creator:
Casper Whitney
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:
1909 Oct 9
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir18_0797-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
New York
Rights:
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Transcription:
Colliers THE NATIONAL WEEKLY 4 6 WEST 13TH STREET NEW YORK OUT DOOR AMERICA EDITED BY CASPAR WHITNEY October 9th,
1909. Dear Mr. Muir: Can i not get you, I wonder, to write a short paper of say two thousand words on What the Mountains
mean to Me, or What the Open Weans to Me, or What the Country Means to me My thought is, a paper from you that will serve
to tempt others into the open. Most people seem to think that an elaborate caravan and corresponding equipment is necessary
to sleep a night or two out of doors. OUTDOOR AMERICA, as you know, is an out-door missionary, and any paper from you would
carry great weight with our readers. I should be pleased to have a cheque of one hundred dollars sent you for a paper such
as I suggest. Of course, if my suggestion does not appeal to you, any other title that you prefer would be agreeable to me.
By the way, I have sent by this post under separate cover, your little book Stickeen which I want very much to have you autograph
for me. Sincerely yours, casper Whitur John Muir, Esq., Martinez, Cali fornia. Diotated w/s 04603