Creator
A. Kellogg
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[letterhead] Nov. 14th, 1884Dear Friend MuirLast eve on return from SF to our hous in Alameda joyously confronted by a Box & the grevious fruit of the Vine- that best of all the [illegible]of kindly recollections on your part this is the [illegible] Now properly having our acknowledgement to another at the [illegible] of Mrs. [illegible] of the kingdom is away at Folsom Father sick [illegible] of paralysis - expect [illegible] soon but I take it upon myself to thank you on her [illegible], & of the occupants of the round table Hope also some day to have the like pleasure of yours in recprocating in kind - but any way think my best chance would be to send a Book the MS in the [main?] - 4 oto 2[illegible] [illegible] by yours truly "on the Redwoods now in the hands of the printer have not [illegible] the [illegible] who gets up the book since - but as I'm to C[illegible] = rest proof & [illegible] soon will - will secure you a copy - price D to [illegible] $[illegible]20 - if so ought to be rather stylish!
to be photographically illustrated - ought to have [illegible]in a note t[illegible]to you & especially that [illegible] description of [Ovid?] that could only refer to magazine - bhe provided to son in libraries & fill up day & date ok - Mrs. Harford without my [illegible]has know of my [illegible] was [repining?] over her loss of it the other day altho before moving she'd carefully - as she thot put it carefully aside among her relics & treasures. [illegible] Therefore if you will be so kind as to drop me a note of it I shall [thereby?] be able to supply it in the revised proof at least. if the afresaid fails Kindest regards to your wife & daughter and to the veneralbe old folks at home dont fail to give us a call when you come to the cityI keep steadily at owrk on my enterprise & report progress. [Has found] himself [illegible] with you - he's almost [illegible] up -- [illegible] of the [illegible] Stanford Collection - all [illegible] everything quiest on the [illegible] Yours truly A Kellogg01146
Location
San Francisco, [Calif]
Date Original
1884 Nov 14
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Kellogg, A., "Letter from A. Kellogg to John Muir, 1884 Nov 14." (1884). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1576.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1576
Resource Identifier
muir05_0140-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0140
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
