Creator
C. Hart Merriam
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[4]
It looks as if we would leave Washington May 2 and arrive in San Francisco about the middle of the month, going [illegible] Santa Fe & the Grand Canon. I hope to take the 3 girls along.
Congress did little by us than usual this year (though not by me personally). We are sending expeditions to Mexico, Alaska, & Great B[illegible] and shall have field parties, as usual, in New Mexico & California.
Burroughs was here for a day or so a few [mths?] ago & thought he might go to California with us. He said he would like to return John Muir's call.
Every night when [we?] [illegible] the nuts & raisins we think of your kind thoughtfulness.
The 3 girls join in kindest regards to you & yours.
A[illegible]
C. Hart Merriam
To John Muir
[1]
Washington
March 20, 1903
My dear Mr. Muir:
So you thought I was never going to send you those photos! Well, it certainly looked that way. Washington is a good place for some things but not for photographers. When I finally got a man started at our work he had only got [illegible] [illegible] up when he suddenly took sick & fell into bed with a fever and didn't show up again for about 6 weeks. Then he [was?] naturally slow - like Helen's [brown?] horse.
03189
[2]
Speaking of Helen reminds me that in her numerous letters she always forgets to tell us her choice of those stories. But her letters are awfully funny & Mrs Merriam & the children laugh till the tears run down their cheeks every time one comes. [Zenaida?] says they sound a little old for Helen and she suspects her father's influence is tending to make her fremat[illegible]y antiquated; but Dorothy says they are just right; and we were all delighted with the one about the 3-legged cow and the bluejay. We all think she ought to typewrite this one and send it to Youth's [Companion?].
But why dont you ever show up at this end of the
[3]
line? Have you made up your mind to look fierce and live and die in California without giving your far away friends a chance to impose on you in their own homes? Too bad. [illegible]os'e you are too busy writing book reviews & travelers guides!
Now I'm about to give you a big surprise. I'm a rival of Cook & Kay[[illegible]d & have determined to go into the traveling ch[illegible] business. Perhaps this does not describe it exactly. The thing [is?] this, I have undertaken to conduct' a "specially conducted party" across the continent. This first time it is a party of bird c[illegible] and their friends, with a strong Presbyterian flavor on your account
Location
Washington, D.C.
Date Original
1903 Mar 20
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 27 cm.
Recommended Citation
Merriam, C. Hart, "Letter from C. Hart Merriam to John Muir, 1903 Mar 20." (1903). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2563.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2563
Resource Identifier
muir13_0308-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 13, Image 0308
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
