Creator
Emily O. [P.] Wilson
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
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"The Morn & Evening" and in search of a breakfast.
I wish now that I had taken them up to your place - I should have enjoyed reading them with you and your wife - If you wish I will send some of them up. I forgot to mention among printed articles- A geolog[ist?] winter walk - Water-ouzel and the wind storm in Sierras
I must draw this lengthy epistle to a close
The old days have been very close- old memories stirred and the kind brothers letters of my friend of Auld Lang syne have done me good- I hope your wife received my letter when I
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Dear old friend
I have been enjoying a treat yesterday and today- have been looking over some of your old letters. Some headed "Meaford" - some "Truets - Mills" - 'Fountain Lake", and those best of all Yosemite Valley - where you made me see the beauties and long for a sight with my own eyes of those wonderful cliffs
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I have quite a number of clippings from papers - of articles of yours - one as far back as '74 - then of your northern trips - 79-80, 81 but no doubt you have all of those - though I heard you say you could not find some article - what was it?
I find a later letter, "Anna Wanda" would smile over. Written when she was three days old- "The happy, healthy, daintily-featured lassie"- How the years have sped - and she now a maiden of more than twenty years still bringing happiness to both father and mother.
And still another you have in your home- a merrie hearted maid and may you long have both to brighten your hearthstone-
I have the Wisconsin letters also,- Do you recall the Sabbath poem
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first returned home and that all are well
Kindest of regards to you all-
Ever your friend
Emily O Wilson
Feb. 22nd
593 Sycamore St
Oakland
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Location
Oakland [Calif.]
Circa Date
[1904] Feb 22
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17 x 27 cm.
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Emily O. P., "Letter from Emily O. [P.] Wilson to [John Muir], [1904?] Feb 22." (1904). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2751.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2751
Resource Identifier
muir14_0071-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0071
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
