Creator

Ewald Flugel

Recipient

John Muir

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[4]mornings. Palo Alto is a pretty village with its fine trees, and I hope that we shall all have the pleasure of welcoming you and your family here one of these days. I spoke with [Dudly?], who joins me in these hopes; you may be assured that there will not be any circle of chairs arranged around you, and no 'talk', 'lecture' and unnecessary handshaking. We are too [innocent?] & good natured for that, and not as wise as the B. snakes. With the Kindest regards to Mrs Muir and your daughters and thanks for your many kindnesses (last not least the charming book and the pine-cone)Yours faithfullyEwald Flugel [diacritic].[1]Stanford UniversityJan. 10. 1902My dear Mr Muir,You and your dear wife (as I should say in German; in ['America?'] : M[?] Muir) must regard me as a most ungrateful wretch for not having written a line yet after my return home from your hospitable roof! I plead guilty of having been painfully negligent, but I can assure you that I have not been ungrateful! On the contrary whenever I was able to take a free breath under the02936

Location

Stanford [Calif.]

Date Original

1902 Jan 10

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir12_0087-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 12, Image 0087

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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