Creator
Mary M[errill] Graydon
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
1514 Central Ave., [Indianapolis],
July 1st, '98.
My dear Mr. Muir,
Your last letter was but another of your kindnesses. Thank you for this, and all other kindness. I am very sorry about the change for Kate, but feel sure Mr. McChesney was no party to it. For two years she did not receive the salary she "signed for," but there seemed to be no help for it. Kate has many friends in Cal. - to some she is much attached, as yourself and Samuel Alexander. The climate there had been beneficial and the work congenial, but it is so far from home. When one has a daughter like late they should enjoy her oftener than once in 2 years. I thank you for your interest in this matter of her school change, and for the effort in writing the letters.
I thank you too, you and Mrs. Muir, for the freedom Kate feels in going to your home. You could do her no greater kindness than allowing her to take her friends there. We have just received Kate's first letters from the Islands. She is wild as to her views and surroundings - Nature and Humanity combine to make a paradise. What a shock the school racket will give her. Cuban affairs are tame to the war that goes on all the year round in our school board, though it is not politics that causes it.
I hear that you are coming East to see about the publishing of your book. Remember your promise that you would not come East without stopping at Indianapolis, and don't you dare stop anywhere but with the Graydons. We live in the same house where you have twice visited, but the streets and numbers have all been changed, pushed on-Central Ave. and 16th St., or 1514 Central Ave. Now put that on a card, and telegraph from Chicago. How distressingly tired you were when last here. Make us a visit next time.
We are all well. No change in Janet, but Mrs. Moores finds worlds of pleasure in Charles' baby. Sister Kate [Merrill] and Mina still bear the same relation, as substance and shadow. The grandchildren are sweet enough to eat. Mrs. Thomas Hendricks of Cal. is here. The "lily grandmother" still survives. Miss Eliza [Hendricks] grows thinner, but is as domineering as ever. The rest of that family are well.
Now come and see us and stay long. Bring the little? girls! Again I thank you for your letter and for your friendship. With best wishes for you and yours,
Your friend,
Mary M[errill] Graydon
939
02441
Location
[Indianapolis]
Date Original
1898 Jul 1
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 22 cm.
Recommended Citation
Graydon, Mary Merrill, "Letter from Mary M[errill] Graydon to John Muir, 1898 Jul 1." (1898). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2163.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2163
Resource Identifier
muir10_0245-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0245
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
5 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
