Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[James Davie] B[utler]
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02464My dear old friend Prof BYour good kind letter & picture does my heart good. How rich & beautiful your life is. Altogether delightful & how blessed a life too has been Miss Merrills When 34 yrs ago you compelled me to know her you pushed me into one of the very best & most influential friendships of my life. Yr letter i remember was most per[illegible]ly knowing & kind knowing my weakness I was desperately shy (I am still) I went again & again to her [illegible] I could summon up courage enough to knock But Thanks to your painstaking loving kindness I soon found a home in that house. I last saw her in California 2 yrs ago When with her sister & Katherine Graydon she came to visit me at my home a noble helpful women full of [warm?] [illegible] faithful as a star, still living on in our hearts - , I wish I could see you this summer, possibly I may tho the way is not clear yet. Last summer I was in Alaska with the Harriman ex- All winter I have been [writing?] about forests [illegible]
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Date Original
[ca. 1900]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25 x 20 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir11_0505-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0505
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
