Creator

[John Muir]

Recipient

[Louie Strentzel Muir]

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Central Hotel Chris Sehrt, Prop. CORNER MAIN AND CANAL STREETS Bus to and from all Trains Merced, Cal, 190

to the Valley, stopped a few minutes with the crowd at the front of hotel then rode down the valley & camped on the side of the Bridal Veil Meadow as privately & undisturbed as when back of Glacier Point. In the morning joined the party on stage & reached Raymond before 6 o'clock. I never before had so interesting hearty & manly a companion. I also greatly enjoyed

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Central Hotel Chris Sehrt, Prop. CORNER MAIN AND CANAL STREETS Bus to and from all Trains Merced, Cal, 190

Dr Butler of Columbia, Sec. Moody, governor Pardee, & Sir Loeb, whose acquaintance I made on the stages & train. Pres Wheeler also I like more & more. When I told the President that Helen was seated near him at Berkeley He said Oh if I had only known that John Muir's daughter was so near me!

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Location

Merced, Calif.

Date Original

1903 May 19

Source

Original letter dimensions: 24 x 15 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir13_0550-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 13, Image 0550

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 2

Keywords

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

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