Creator
May F.Benton
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
the delight in this world to which she is so new. Will you not send me a picture of her for I do so long to know what she is like? That she is very pretty and bright was no surprise knowing her parents – I had just returned from the country when your remembrance reached me. All summer I have been dreaming away the time in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Wright’s Station. It was a most delightful time for I had become weary of people and the horrors of the city. Just to be alone and in the woods was enough to make me well and happy. Yet though my general health is improved my eyes trouble me so much I cannot resume teaching untill next year. I hope you are well in your beautiful home. Miss [Coolbrith?] and I speak of you and we all wish you evernearer yet I suspect you are glad, just as you used to be, not to be too near your friends, your people friends I mean, for I guess to be among your woodland fruits the buds, the woods, the waterfalls would never tire you – We had a pleasant visit at Mrs Carr’s when in Southern California last year and a friend writes me she has her new house now. I have not seen Miss [Coolbrith;s?] new home yet. Tell Wanda for me that there is some one down her who wants to know her and would play with her and tell her stories just so long as she liked – Mother and Father unite with me in remembrance to you and you wife –May F. Benton.533. 16th st.
Location
Oakland, [Calif]
Date Original
1883 Nov 3
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 6 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_1122-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 1122
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
