Creator
F. B. Perkins
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
San Lorenzo Dec 17, 1892
Dear Mr Muir:
I am just starting for a Sunday preaching exchange, but I must pause long enough to thank you for your very kind letter & it s most acceptable inclosure. Mrs. Perkins thanks you heartily for the photographs the beauty of which she does see, & says that it shall find a place among her treasures. I am glad if your visit to us gave you pleasure It certainly left a very pleasant [flavor?] in our mouths. No one of those who had the privilege of listening to you the other evening will be likely to forget your words, & to some it will prove I trust the waking up to a new life of fellowship with God through His works. For myself it added greatly to the debt already large which I owed to you for suggestions & inspirations. I have stored away [many?] illustrations of spiritual truth which your revelations & expressions gave to me. It was preaching to some purpose. And my
Location
San Lorenzo, [Calif]
Date Original
1892 Dec 17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 22.5 x 14 cm.
Recommended Citation
Perkins, F. B., "Letter from F. B. Perkins to John Muir, 1892 Dec 17." (1892). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 219.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/219
Resource Identifier
muir07_0732-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0732
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
