Creator
M[ary] L. Swett
Recipient
John Muir
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[4]not dare tell you such things — All your treasures are safe – just as you left them. Mary Frances did not get a situation here at the June vacation and went back to Olema but hopes to get in here before the rainy season. We miss you and regret you – I think you ought to feel proud of the place you have won in all our hearts – We have summered and wintered you and love you still. Familiarity has bred respect esteem and regard – It is a [in margin: 96] remarkable instance – It is usually the other way. When you come back I am prepared to talk you deaf about my summers experiences. I know I shall have a sympathetic listener – O Mt Shasta! O Castle Lake! – O glorious falls on the Sacramento! And O the hard-backed horses I have ridden, the streams I have [underlined: forded]!! the mountains I have climbed. Yours truly M. L. Swett.[in margin: Don’t you twib me with not knowing how to spell familiarity. I do know how you see.] [1][in margin: I was amused at your disclaimer of responsibility in regard to that last fearful exposure to thirst – O [underlined: do try] and keep out of such scrapes, or Mrs. Carr and I [underlined: will] scold. But you acted like a hero in the end.] [ L. T. ?] Sept. 12, 1878.Dear John Muir. It is about a week since we got your letter in which you gave us your address for the next fifteen days, so this may be too late to reach you – but perhaps it will follow you – so here goes at a venture. One of the most delightful summers of my life was the one just gone – and Lissons the nearest Paradise of any place I have yet seen. I am glad you have been there – it would be too discouraging to try to convey with the pen any adequate idea of the softness of the climate, the magnificence of the scenery, the exhilaration of the mountain air, the luxury
Location
S[an] F[rancisco]
Date Original
1878 Sep 12
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0910-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0910
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
