Creator

Bolton A. Brown

Recipient

John Muir

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Stanford University Nov. 21. 1896.Dear Mr. MuirI have wanted to see you many times since last year; and have remembered with pleasure that you had asked me to come again. But until now something has always kept me from getting around to come and now, you see I have not come but only write to ask how you do, - how things are at your house; and to say that if we - my wife and I - knew a time when it would be convenient for you we might perhaps come and see you. I have told Mrs. Brown about my visit at your home, and how good you were to me and what a good visit we had; and she has read with great pleasure your book; and, more than that, we have gone to your mountains. We were married last June and went straight into the heart of the High Sierra; where we abode with immense satisfaction for nine weeks. My companion immediately fell in love with that mode of life, with the country; and, even, I think, with the hardships. She declared she never wanted to sleep under a roof again. She became a very hardy tramper and a good climber - keeping up with me easily in these exercises all day long. We climbed several high peaks (some new ones) including

Location

Stanford University, Calif

Date Original

1896-11-21T00:00:00

Source

Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir09_0488-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 09, Image 0488

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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

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