Creator
Emily Bell
Recipient
John Muir
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[2]over their shattered city. [illegible] friends escaped [from?] [illegible] small hotel near the St. Francis where they [illegible] entirely out of the reach of the fire & they are thankful to be alive, but they lost all their possessions. Our cousin Fred. [illegible] who has recently been [given?] the Ch[illegible] of music at Berkeley is [illegible]ed at the loss of his fine symphony orchestra as most of its [illegible]were from the East & [illegible] [illegible] & in many cases their instruments gone, they have returned to their various [illegible]s to start life afresh. It seems[3]terrible to think of the loss at the Stanford University & I suppose the [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] it as it was [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] the quake. We shall be very glad to hear from you & we hope that you are all well.We have just had the annual dinner of our Geographical Society & among our guests was Mrs. [illegible]all, the archaeologist, who is a California woman with all her business interests in San Francisco. She had heard nothing about her affairs but was prepared to find her [income?] [absolutely?] cut off. I thought
Location
Philadelphia [Pa.]
Date Original
1906-05-05 00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 26 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir16_0215-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 0215
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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
