Creator

Betty Averell

Recipient

John Muir

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[3]reading your recent Atlantic Monthly writings for it's a real joy to see through your eyes the wonder workings of the Sierra world.Dear Mr Muir don't you want to make this little Betty doubly happy by sending her a photograph of yourself? I'm to have a birthday soon and it would please me so to have one at the beginning of my thirtieth year.Did you know that Will is coming East to live and that Mother has been made a grandmother and I an Aunt? That was our Christmas surprise from my sister [Ruth?]. Mary Harriman Rumsey has been in Europe for two months and is returning to be present at the unveiling of a fountain at Goshen in memory of her father. The fountain was designed by her husband & is to be unveiled tomorrow on her father's birthday. All is well with the Harriman household. Now what more are

Location

Rochester, N. Y.

Date Original

[1911 ?] Feb 24

Source

Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 26 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir20_0125-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 20, Image 0125

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

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