Creator
Benj[amin] P. Avery
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[drawing]
San Francisco April 25/74
Dear Mr. Muir:
I was very sorry my wife’s concern for me when I was in one of my “bad spells” prevented me from seeing you when you were so kind as to call. I am still lame and confined to my room, and my hand is too shaky for plain writing; but I must say how [illegible] I appreciate the kind words in your note of the 17th, and hope it may be con- venient for you to favor us with another call. I regret very much [serving?] my pleas- ant relations with the[underlined: Overland] and its able contributors, and especially regret that the opportunity to share in the public [illegible] of your valuable papers and to know
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you more intimetaly, is to be lost to me. Not [ambition?] for [illegible] purely ext[illegible] and accidental – and which are infinitely below those of my [illegible] profession — but the [illegible]fulsion of broken health made me seek a foreign app[illegible]. Hoping I shall be privileged to hear from you when abroad, I am Sincerely Yours, Benj. P. Avery
Location
San Francisco, [Calif]
Date Original
1874 Apr 25
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Avery, Benjamin P., "Letter from Benj[amin] P. Avery to John Muir, 1874 Apr 25." (1874). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 270.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/270
Resource Identifier
muir03_0068-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0067
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
