Creator

N. D. Stebbins

Recipient

John Muir

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Santa Barbara [/Cala.?] Dec 15/82My good friend Muir’Your postal did not reach me till five days after date. After receiving it as you are away I telegraphed to know of your whereabouts - & found you at San Jose & probably would call on your return – I [xtended?] my ticket (ship) to the next Boat a day or two before leaving I visited the Nat[illegible] [illegible] Room then found Dr. Kellog. on my mentioning your name he said you had been in S.F. & took dinner with him. It would have been a [illegible] to see a man who a loving providence had watched over with such pert[illegible] & shield him from sudden death a thousand times

Location

Santa Barbara, Cala.

Date Original

1882 Dec 15

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 12.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir04_0950-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 04, Image 0950

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 1

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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