Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Jeanne C.] Carr
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Transcription
00751 [1877] #31 1419 Taylor St S.F. Sep 3d —————Dear Mrs Carr. I have just been over at Alameda with poor dear old Gibbons. You have seen him, & I need give us particulars, “The only thing I’m afraid of John”, he said looking up with his old child face, “is that I shall never be able to climb the Oakland hills again”. But he is so healthy & so well cared for we will be strong to hope that he will. He spoke for an hour with characteristic unselfishness on the injustice done Dr Kellogg in failing to recognize his long continued devotion to receive at the botanical [ love?] fest held here the other night, He threatens to write up the whole discreditable affair, & is very anxious to obtain
Location
S[an] F[rancisco]
Date Original
[1877] Sep 3
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17 x 22.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0559-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0559
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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.
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
