Creator
Charles A. Keeler
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[1]
Ridge Road and Highland Place
Berkeley, Cal.
November 8th 1899.
My dear Mr. Muir:
I fear you will think I am very thoughtless and ungrateful to have delayed so long in replying to your letter, which was so hearty and hospitable that it did me much good. Every day since I have had you on my mind and have wanted to reply, but each day's work has been so pressing that letter writing has seems quite impossible. I have been seeing my two books through the press simultaneously, and straining
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I trust she has decided to do so.
You probably saw Mr. Burrough's poem in the Century. I sent my glacier piece to the Atlantic only to have it promptly returned as usual. I received a charming letter from Mr. Gifford not long ago, which I shall show you when next we meet. We have wondered if Wanda was not coming to make her promised visit. I trust Mrs. Muir is better and that you are all enjoying these beautiful early rains.
Mrs. Keeler joins me in heartiest greetings to you and yours.
Very Sincerely Yours
Charles A. Keeler
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every nerve to have them out in time for the Christmas season. Now my work upon them is nearly at an end and I feel much relieved.
We were much pleased at your suggestion of camping out in the adobe, and perhaps in the spring either that or the little cabin may be possible for us. Thank you for the interesting photographs of Plover Bay. They recall our interesting visit there most vividly.
When your letter came I wrote at once to Miss Knapp suggesting that it would be better for her to confine her interview with you to the subject of forest preservation as she had originally intended, and
Location
Berkeley, Calif.
Date Original
1899 Nov 8
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 27.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Keeler, Charles A., "Letter from Charles A. Keeler to John Muir, 1899 Nov 8." (1899). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2466.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2466
Resource Identifier
muir10_1067-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 1067
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
