Creator
Catherine H. [Katie C.H.] Hittell
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[page 2] Bill, saying at the same time: “The meadow larks can’t sing. They can only gallup out a note or two.” Of course we ladies, who had worked so hard for the larks, felt very unhappy over the outcome of our work, especially as so many larks and robins are sold in our markets every day. On Sunday, March 24th, a boarder of one of the boarding houses in the City, gold me that they had had lark pie for breakfast and as there were one hundred boarders in that house, it meant one hundred “slaughtered innocents.” Yesterday, I thought I would find out whether the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, had done something
Location
San Francisco, Calif.
Date Original
1895 Apr 3
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 11 cm.
Resource Identifier
1895 Apr 3 Catherine Hittell to JM
File Identifier
MSS 301 Shone
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. Respo
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
1895 Apr 3 Catherine Hittell to JM p2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
