Creator
James Whitehead.
Recipient
John Muir
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3inquire went west..following mothers death in 1968 or 9. for 20 years we lost track of him but finaly got trace of him in Cortez, Colo. & a correspondence was established. He has accumulated considerable property & wrote me in 1907 that on account of failing health he had been advised to visit Mexico. Three months after I received a letter from a married daughter living there. that her father was dead. It was a most pathetic story, dying among strangers. Among a a people whose language. habits. customs was entirely foreign they encountered difficulty & expense in securing for him a Christian burial and a resting place for his remains in a ruinous & forsaken Protestant cemetey.You book "My First Summer in the Sierra" is in the hospital library & is read with interest by many. I regret not having received your first letter. I expect to remain here until April 16".Yours SincerelyJames Whitehead.05392
Location
Hot Springs, Ark.
Date Original
1913 Mar 10
Source
Original letter dimensions: 24.5 x 20.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir21_0197-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 0197
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
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 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
