Creator
May F. B[enton]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[letterhead] [in margin: 87] 01244
Oakland Oct 21d
Dear John Muir:
Grateful thoughts for your kindly remembrance of us have been flying your way ever since the grapes arrived but unfortunately for busy fingers these wings were not steady enough to carry them further then the thoughts.
As I opened the box the fresh sweet breath seemed wafted from the country and it is the only one I have had this year for I have not been able to leave home. The
"sticky skies" of Oakland have held me fast.
How we all would like to see you- [FT?] think Wanda is growing to be a great girl and has not even been in O. She is very birght and sweet I hear. Do you still regale her with character stories?
We are all about the same - Mother suffereing from a severe cold just now and I with enough headaches to keep me from accomplishing anything_
We hear you thought of another Arctic trip; is it true?
Why are we not made happy by seeing your name in The Century?
Has your soul gone into the soil and awaits resurrection?
Come and see us_
Gratefully May F.B.
Location
Oakland, [Calif]
Date Original
[1886?] Oct 21
Circa Date
[1886] Oct 21
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 23 cm.
Recommended Citation
Benton, May F., "Letter from May F. B[enton] to John Muir, [1886?] Oct 21." (1886). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1693.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1693
Resource Identifier
muir05_0712-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0712
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
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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
