Creator

Anna R. Dickey

Recipient

John Muir

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[A][letterhead]Dear Mrs. Hooker:-5 P.M. just arrived from Villa Carlotta. Most beautiful gardens. A most lovely canon [diacritic] with [100?] tree ferns. We only saw the entrance hall which had some rather fine statuary standing around.Bought you lace at Tremezzo. It is better than what you saw at the store here.We had a beautiful05521[B]walk at Varenna To the ruined castle then we had luncheon on the boat. It is warmer than yesterday but lovely.There is no particular use in telling you how we feel towards your leaving us - you may know!Is this a [heather?]?Much loveEllie.Please remember us to Mrs. Dougherty.

Location

[Pasadena, Calif.]

Date Original

[ca. 1913 Sep]

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 13 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir21_0842-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 21, Image 0842

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 2

Keywords

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

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