Creator

Julius A. Penn

Recipient

John Muir

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[4]management of the Club [illegible]d its many employees. I did not desire either position - as they tie me down too close to Manila and I was anxious to get on wherever an opportunity should come and see more of the islands. I have the promise of a little trip next Sunday to an interesting mountain town near the south end of the Laguna de Bay - In December or January I hope, if the [regiment?] be still here in Manila, to take a few weeks trip to the mountains in the north of Luzon, armed with a camera and yes a few good pictures of some of the interesting scenes along some of the trails of our former Campaigns. Early in the coming year, a general [1]Cuartel [diacritic] de Espana [diacritic], ManilaSeptember 21, 1904.My Dear Friend.I wish to thank you for your book on the "Mountains of California" which you so kindly sent me. It has been a source of great pleasure to me and I have had more genuine enjoyment from reading your many beautiful descriptions of mountain - forest, place and animal life, then any book has given me for a long time. In fact I think that more than03444

Location

Cuartel de Espana, Manila

Date Original

1904-09-21 00:00

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.

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muir14_0550-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 14, Image 0550

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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

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