Creator
A. H. Sellers
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[letterhead]
Aug 21, 1899
My dear friend Muir -
We see by the papers that the Harriman Expedition has returned. As your name is not mentioned it is possible that you have stayed in Alaska for a little uninterrupted work. We hope however that you have gotten home safely and well.
Our friend Keith passed through here Friday on his way home from Europe and spent several hours with us to out great enjoyment. We begged him to stay longer but he said he was "nothing but a California gopher" and was in a hurry to get back to his hole which he proposes to pull in after him. He looks well and I think the trip has done him lots of good.
I have kept my nose over this desk every day since January, so am going next week up to my club hosue at [Puckana?] Lake for a straight months vacation - Fay will go
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with me - she is not very well, getting too fat, and the doctor says she must get out of doors and exercise, so I am going to put her [through?]. I only wish it was possible for me to take her out into the Sierras, that is the medicine or rather tonic that she needs, but I cant see my way to leave this property yet - Consolidation is still being worked at, but with little prospect at present of reaching a basis. While I personally very much desire it, it will not do for me to let that fact be known.
Frank has been over in the woods of Michigan on a 3 weeks vacation, is expected hom tomorrow morning.
We are all very anxious to hear from you and hope to see some publications of your trip soon.
With kindest regards to you all -
Yours very sincerely
AH Sellers
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Location
Chicago
Date Original
1899 Aug 21
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Sellers, Alfred H., "Letter from A. H. Sellers to John Muir, 1899 Aug 21." (1899). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2430.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2430
Resource Identifier
muir10_0911-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0911
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
