Creator
M. Amelia Foshay
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Los Angeles, California,
September 16, 1904.
Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, California.
Our dear Mr. Muir:
How can we thank you for the delight you afford us, we of the little 24th Street School, by your gracious answer to our feeble but sincere letters of last April! I wish you could know what a pride we take in the fact that a great man has given us so much of his time and of himself, and what an uplift an attention like this means to us who are older than the children we direct and who consequently appreciate more
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what a treasure is such an autograph letter. We are planning to frame it in panels for our office, and near it to place your portrait, if we can obtain a suitable one.
With all respect I say it, - you are indeed the parton saint of our school, honored alike by teachers and pupils. The little tree planted as a monument to you last spring, even through this long, hot Southern California summer, has grown and strengthened as if it felt that great things are expected of it.
Now that you have paid us so kind an attention, I shall venture upon your time another moment to submit to you the little dedicatory speech that was learned by our Lillian Sexton for the tree-planting occasion, that you may
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imagine the heartiness with which the class responded to the "call to worship", a spirit awakened in them through a study of your life and work and of "Our National Parks".
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"We will adjourn to the grounds and hoist our bonny flag to add zest to our attempts to plant a tree - the tree which above all others is California's, - the sequoia, or redwood. And to her famous naturalist, John Muir, who urges us by all the powers of his pen to seek the woods and mountains, we dedicate it."
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One who is forever gratefully yours,
M. Amelia Foshay.
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Location
Los Angeles
Date Original
1904 Sep 16
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 17 cm.
Recommended Citation
Foshay, M. Amelia, "Letter from M. Amelia Foshay to John Muir, 1904 Sep 16." (1904). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2867.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2867
Resource Identifier
muir14_0532-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0532
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
