Creator
Sidney V. Smith
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Feby. 8th /96.
My dear Muir.
It is very good to know that you have been wathcing and concerning yourself for me during my fight.
I have done nothing wrong. but was foolish or unfortunate enough to get into bad and dangerous company who intended to leave me in the lurch. I saw the danger and was quicker than they hence their irritation and abuse. It serves me right for
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not being sufficiently careful about my associates. However, I have got out by the skin of my teeth and am now with old friends and men of honor. Even if I lose the present case, which is not probably, there is no possibility of my being chewed up.
Many thanks, my friend, for your expressions of confidence and sympathy, which are very precious just now.
Yours affty.
Sidney V. Smith
Location
[n. p.]
Date Original
1896 Feb 8
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Sidney V., "Letter from Sidney V. Smith to John Muir, 1896 Feb 8." (1896). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 12.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/12
Resource Identifier
muir09_0055-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0055
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
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
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
