Title:
Letter from R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson to John Muir, 1909 Oct 23.
Creator:
R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson
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 23
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir18_0838-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 21 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
New York
Rights:
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Transcription:
American Aeademy of Arts and Letters Office of the Secretary 33 East 17th Street New York October 23, 1909 My dear
Muir: I send you formal announcement of your election to the Academy. Kindly reply to me as formally On a separate sheet
of note paper which I may place in the archives of the Academy. I also wish, to go beside it, an unmounted photograph of yourself,
cabinet size. Please do not forget this. Please also let me know whether you can go to the meeting of the Academy in Washington
December 13-14. As I think I told you, the President is to give a reception for the Academy in the White House and Thomas
Nelson Page will also give us a dinner. Don't fail to come. illegible Faithfully yours, R.U. Johnson. Permanent Secretary.
Mr. John Muir. 04614