Creator
Carrie Boeker Jump
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[2]old farm and the old sugar bush, after an absence of over thirty years, and I heard far off strains of sadness as my eyes sought eagerly for some of the old paths my childish feet ran over so swiftly, always bent on some errand of duty. There came an indescribable yearning to stretch across the chasm of years helping hands in love and forgiveness to our st[illegible] directors and lift from them the burden laid by themselves on their hard lives, now ended. How can I write so freely! It is the fellowship of a like experience that makes it possible-I must add that our little girls aged 10 & 8 are devoted to John Muir. They have watched him cross the crevasse, on the sliver inch by inch, with breathless interest and anxiety, but he pales before Stickeen, whose every motion from rubbing his hair close against the wall to putting his four paws carefully in the [illegible]
Location
Oakland, Calif.
Date Original
1914 Feb 15
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir22_0183-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 22, Image 0183
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
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
