Creator

R. B. Marshall

Recipient

John Muir

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Washington D.C.April 28/1913My dear Mr MuirThank you with all my heart for your days of boyhood. Please give the world [those?] after you turned. The book is wonderfull. It is my friend Muir.There is nothing I can think of as an exchange for your so many kindnesses. So you hold me ever in bond.I am however with you all the time and I am sending you today a photo. and I beg of you the privilege of hiding some where in you workshop. let me be near "the seats of the mighty"when the angel come to call my good friend John Muir (God grant the time is far in the distant future) and peoples are looking for your unpublish jewels I want them to find a sign of one of the truest friends a man ever had-Your friend marshall. Just hide the photograph and I shall be most happySincerelyR. B. Marshall05431

Location

Washington, D. C.

Date Original

1913 Apr 28

Source

Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir21_0355-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 21, Image 0355

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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