Creator

Janet [Douglass] Moores

Recipient

John Muir

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[4]but he is happy--in being married to the brightest, prettiest, sweetest, most attractive little woman - sensible too and extraordinarily intelligent - "up" so to speak. a "biological specialist" and, I should like to know what she doesn't know. You should hear her advance theories--at 25--which we have demonished at 37 [isn't it an awful age?] It is very interesting and amusing to have so young a member of one's household.986 Penn. St. December 1st. 1896.[1]My Dear Mr. Muir.Thank you for letting me know of your return from that vast, unknown, mysteriously interesting region-Alaska-I rather hoped you would write--and that you would tell us of your experiences there. Are you saving them all for "the book."? But there is so much that one can not put in a book. that we would love to hear.And must we wait long02182

Location

Indianapolis [Ind.]

Date Original

1896-12-01T00:00:00

Source

Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 23 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir09_0506-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 09, Image 0506

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

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