Creator
J[oseph] Worcester
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[4]
points that she must make clear, but they much and [illegible]tty fear that Mrs Butler’s repressed manner will chill rather than warm her [illegible]. [Do?] it is your [own way?], with the [illegible] the [seeds?], anything in your hand, and [illegible] from twenty to thirty [minutes?]. Excuse, and [believe me?]
Yours sincerely
Joe Worcester
[1]
1030 Valley st. S.F.
Feb. 18th
Dear Mr [Muir?],
I understand that [Mrs Butler?] has written to you, making a request of you. I do not know what she said in her letter, but I have a [illegible] fear that she does not make it clear how important to us all her [illegible]ing is, and how much she needs help. She has charge of the [illegible] of the California flora,
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[2]
and she has done much and excellent work not only in drawing the flowers in their habitat, but in [gathering?] the plants and seeds with the purpose of making a [field?] of flowers around the California Building. She cannot carry out the well-derived plan for this without help, and she has found it very difficult to [interest?] the [illegible] in it, so she has appealed to some of the ladies of the Century Club.
[3]
They will do what they can, and have set apart an afternoon in which Mrs Butler’s drawings will be shown and her plan unfolded, but they much need help in the way of informal talk from one having knowledge and enthusiasm in the matter of our wild-flowers, and no one has these as you have. [Miss Hamlin?] and [Mrs Jarboc?] will support her in drawing from h[illegible] the
Location
S[an] F[rancisco]
Circa Date
[1893] Feb 18
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Worcester, Joseph, "Letter from J[oseph] Worcester to John Muir, [1893] Feb 18." (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 240.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/240
Resource Identifier
muir07_0820-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0820
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
