Creator
Robin Linda & George Hansen
Recipient
John Muir
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GEO. HANSENLANDSCAPE ARCHITECT2705 HEARST AVENUE, BERKELEY, CAL.ADVISORY ARCHITECT TO PARK COMMISSIONS,MUNICIPALITIES AND CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONSMay 2d., 1904.Dear and good man,Cent (reposing in his private car): who are you making for today? Shack or upstairs?Wells-Fargo driver: It is for you today.Gent (as before); Oh, I guess not.Driver, "as "he" passes: Yes it is.Voice of gent's soul: John Muir, sure; but what can he send?Some hammering went on in the backyard, and then the triumphant hurrah of Young Roland told the story: Papa, Oranges, big ones. Now he is at my side with a golden orb under each armpit. "Shall we eat 'em , me in Junge? Asks the father -" Shall we? " replies the boy (who has never yet used the" words "no" and "yes").- Here comes the mother, too. Mama, tumbles out the choking voice, people are good to us" - Too good, I think "" says thinly the voice the sender of which surveys the silvery x-pand of the Bay before our eyes.-"Let us thank' god for it".Meanwhile the little chap has busied himself. He knows the value of gold,-he passes it on. Every one in the home (and are nt we all of one Mine? to be in-the-family?) has been provided by him with the biggest he can get his fingers -around and the good Mother peals one for the generous giver himself.Two days later a lady Calls on an errand, and finding my wife's hair down in a switch, and her face haggard and worn , she guesses the tale, and her daughter comes around sometime Hater, and has a loaf of fresh-baked bread in a napkin. She got it filled with four oranges, oranges from John Muir's growing when she went back, one for each in their home - Later in the same' day (it is Sunday now) a former neighbor, now of Mill Valley, calls with the sweetness of the canyon all in one bouquet . The two woman were closeted for a short03354
Location
Berkeley, Calif.
Date Original
1904-05-02 00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir14_0136-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0136
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
