Creator

L. Barbezat

Recipient

John Muir

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[4]settled one way or an other.Have you been able to make use of the photos I sent you, if so I would be very glad if you could send me the book you have written, it will be very interesting to have it as a remembrance of our journey to Nairobi.Hoping you are quite well and free from the anxiety we feel here at present.I remainyours very sincerelyL. Barbezataddress as above[1]Les Bayards.Cton. de Neuchatel [diacritic].Switzerland.15th August. 1914.Dear Mr MuirYou will be surprised to hear that I only managed to land in Switzerland a month ago to spend 8 months holidays with my people, after 8 1/2 years of hard work in British East Africa.The weather has been anything but good for the 1st three weeks, at last the sun has come out in its glory for the last 10 days, but is maned by the shadows of war which is now raging all over Europe; and the out look is very dark for every one, over in05822

Location

Les Batards, Swit.

Date Original

1914 Aug 15

Source

Original letter dimensions: 17 x 24.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir22_0571-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 22, Image 0571

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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.

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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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