Creator
Janet Douglass [Moores]
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[2]almost into John Muir’s place. It would never do to say, quite. Long the girls had waited for the return of their early friend. At length, “He cometh not,” they said and opened their doors to the Professor. Now will you open the doors of your valley or of your home wherever it is and take in our friends. Mr. Gilbert is a class mate of mine, a member of ’79, a wide-awake, pleasant boy, who doesn’t wish to be called a young gentleman. I said to “me of the boys” not long ago, “Mr. Gilbert has good luck,” “Well, he deserves it” was the reply. I think you will find him after your own heart, for like you, his friends are birds and flowers as well as people. We read of your being in Alaska. Cannot you find as interesting [3]places on the Atlantic Coast? I know you can find as inter- esting, or perhaps I should say as interested people. We have been happy this last week to shake hands with Pres. Grant a Julia Ward Howe, but I think if John Muir were to return, he would find, if not a inder welcome, a warmer one Mamma has not been well this fall, but is better now. She sends her love. The rest of us are as usual; Charles, a strapping fellow, a school-teacher, no longer the little “Prince Charley”, whom you once knew, Merrill a famous law student & as much of a Scamp as ever – As for Janet – she is a “jack of all trades & master of none.”
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana
Date Original
1879 Dec 15
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_1186-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 1186
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
