Creator

E. C. Love

Recipient

D[aniel and Emma?] Muir

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[5][letterhead]3one of the best schools that it was out fortune to have taught at Avery; and, at that time, the Avery district had the credit of securing the best teachers. Time has wrought great changes in the district - although the same school-house still stands there, the number of scholars has decreased and there is only a small school and only the ordinary studies of the present "graded" country schools are taught - after scholars reach a certain grade, they are supposed to leave and go to high school. I believe "our school" used to be equal to the best school in Three Oaks but now that town occasionally gets a pupil from the Avery school for their high school. I still have the book "Purpose" which bears testimony

Location

San Francisco

Date Original

1900 Feb 27

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Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir11_0129-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 11, Image 0129

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.

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The Huntington Library, Muir Family Papers, HM 57349-57497. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.

Page Number

Page 5

Keywords

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

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