Recipient
Bade, William Frederic
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[aneroid] which had been used by Whitney during his survey in that part of the Sierras) his field glasses, and the huge old [manzanita] arm chair which he had made when we moved into our winter home in the old log cabin, and which has afforded a comfortable resting place for many distinguished guests. These things I have here. If there was in her possession correspondence of any value Mrs. Hutchings must have taken it with her to England. I have been unable to find her there at her address set from London, and doubt if she is still living. Mother lost everything she preserved in the San Francisco fire, but had nothing of historic intent. The name of “Lady Yelverton” was a familiar one in our household. She lived with us at the hotel in the valley through one summer – I think it must have been the summer of 1870 – and she seems to have been an intelligent, lovable woman. Everyone spoke of her affectionately. I remember my mother’s telling of her having taken a great fancy to my
Location
Waitsfield, Vermont
Date Original
January 1923
Page Number
6
Resource Identifier
MSS048 Va.10
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
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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.
Keywords
John Muir, biography, reminiscence, colleagues, contemporaries, archives, special collections, University of the Pacific, California, Holt-Atherton Special Collections, history, naturalist
