Creator
[Annie] Wanda [Muir]
Recipient
[Louie S. Muir]
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Transcription
[3]& a wonderful supper, of plum pudding chocolate cake, nuts, olives, clam chowder ect, ect. The whole affair must have been a tremendous surprise to the three gray squirells & the other little animals that play around the camp, & even the echoes that the big ricks sent back had a startled & unnatural sound.The only really hard side trip that we have taken was the one to Goat Mt. which was tremendious in every sense of the word 28 out of the 50 people who started from camp reached the top, 11 of whom were girls, Helen & I among the number but it was Helen who covered herself with glory by reaching the top first & she did it without any effort with those long slow looking strides of hers & was not at all tired after it. She has been the pet of the camp ever since & the number of trout, pieces of chocolate cheese, & the jam & lemon aid which is bestowed upon her daily is really alarming, but she is getting fat so I guess its good for her. The [whole?]
Location
Camp Colby
Date Original
circa [1904] Jul 5
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25 x 20 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir14_0324-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0324
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
