Creator
A. H. Sellers
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
AH. SELLERSHotel MetropoleCHICAGO Sep't 11th 1904.Our dear Mr. Muir:-Just as we were about to leave our old house on Michigan Ave, the last of June, we received your splendid letter of June 16th last from Martinez, and I hurridly answered it.Yesterday, Fay, in handing ire the wail, said "here is a newspaper sent you by Mr. Muir". Glancing at it I saw it was post marked "New Castle N S [illegible] and said "well this explains why we have heard nothing from Mr. Muir. he has gone back to Australia". Tearing off the cover. I saw it was the "Daily Telegraph" Sidney Jug 6. 1904. It contained a marked 3 column article on "Our vanishing brothers. Northern tribes of central Australia- Messrs Spencer and Cillen's book- A valuable and interesting record."Afterwards, looking the paper over, I found on the first page in red pencil "Marked copy F. W. G." which explained who it was from. F.W.G. being Fred. w. Coding, Mrs Sellers' cousin, who is the U. S. Consul at New Castle New South Wales. He is quite a naturalist, and has sent me some valuable books on the aborigines of that country.Now, to show you how natural it was for my wife and me to be misled by the address on the cover of the paper, I send it to you, with the envelop of your letter showing my address as written by you, from which you will see that the similarity in the handwriting is certainly remarkable.We were all interested and delighted with your letter, and were astonished at how much you told us in the four pages. It gave us a splendid idea of your great travels, and what you saw, in a very few words.03439
Location
Chicago
Date Original
1904-09-11 00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir14_0526-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0526
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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
