Creator
E[mily] O. Wilson
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[1]
Aug. 19th 1904
Mr John Muir- Martinez.
Dear old friend - This afternoon your box of delicious fruit arrived, and we send many thanks for it. What delicious peaches "The Muirs [are?]
I showed the golden fruit to Dr Wilson and he ate part of one - the first he would eat of anything since his morning meal. He is very feeble, and has a poor appetite of late, but it is wonderful how his strength holds out - in spite of all-
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[2]
Peaches and plums are his favorite fruits, and I think tomorrow he will enjoy them. The Gaskills were in this afternoon just before the box came but I telephoned them that they came an hour too soon: and they tho't they would be around tomorrow to get a taste.
Mr. G. has just passed into his seventy ninth year, and yet
[3]
he is smart and active while Dr. Wilson has been an invalid for years and is but 76 - If he can but stay as he is - suffering no more than he does now I will not complain for we are very comfortable
Come and see us when you come this way, for we shall be glad to see you
Kind regards to all.
Sincerely E. O Wilson
593 Sycamore St
Oakland.
Location
Oakland [Calif.]
Date Original
1904 Aug 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 19.5 x 29 cm.
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Emily O., "Letter from E[mily] O. Wilson to John Muir, 1904 Aug 19." (1904). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2853.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2853
Resource Identifier
muir14_0474-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0474
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
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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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
