Creator

Melville B. Anderson

Recipient

John Muir

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Mar 6 1914Mr John Muir:Good and dear friend:You have a right to wonder at my delay in coming to you. Well, - I have got ensnarled in meshes of worry, errands, material cares,- caught in the cogs of the machinery that enslaves us,- and, besides having to respond to the kindness of friends in social ways, have written a memorial form, and am even expected (woe's me!) to make dinner & [illegible] and indulge in vain repetitions as the heathen do. In the midst of all, I am05720

Location

Menlo Park [Calif.]

Date Original

1914 Mar 6

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir22_0219-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 22, Image 0219

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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