Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Annie Kennedy] Bidwell
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Transcription
[in margin: Bidwell Papers Bancroft Library]San Francisco. July 1st 1887.My dear Mrs BidwellWe thank you for your kind invitation to Ohio. It came while I was away from home & therefore too late to be available But anyhow we could not have all left the old ranch at the same time No visit however could give me greater pleasureI was so fortunate as to see the General the other day in full flesh & stature not diminished in the least & still full of [melonography & eriogonae.?]The White cone of Shasta looms into the sky whenever I think of Ohio How many pleasant memories cluster about itI am trying to close away the ranch
Location
San Francisco, [Calif]
Date Original
1887 Jul 1
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir05_0838-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0838
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
