Creator

W[illiam] H. Holabird

Recipient

John Muir

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[letterhead]October 14th/08John Muir EsqMartinez. Cal.My very dear FriendWhen I arrived at Home on yesterday, the first thing that my dear wife handed me was your letter, & the two beautiful books you so thoughtfully sent me. I shall have real pleasure in reading them.Dear Mr Muir, I learned valuable lessons from you the past summer, one lesson was, to spare the beautiful birds and animals. I put it into practice at once, for [when?] I had bade Mrs Harriman the young people good bye, I hastily superintended the storing of things away at the Lodge, for the winter, I packed my roll04300

Location

Los Angeles

Date Original

1908 Oct 14

Source

Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir17_0925-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 17, Image 0925

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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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