Creator
Julius A. Penn
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
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management of the Club [illegible]d its many employees. I did not desire either position - as they tie me down too close to Manila and I was anxious to get on wherever an opportunity should come and see more of the islands. I have the promise of a little trip next Sunday to an interesting mountain town near the south end of the Laguna de Bay - In December or January I hope, if the [regiment?] be still here in Manila, to take a few weeks trip to the mountains in the north of Luzon, armed with a camera and yes a few good pictures of some of the interesting scenes along some of the trails of our former Campaigns. Early in the coming year, a general
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Cuartel [diacritic] de Espana [diacritic], Manila
September 21, 1904.
My Dear Friend.
I wish to thank you for your book on the "Mountains of California" which you so kindly sent me. It has been a source of great pleasure to me and I have had more genuine enjoyment from reading your many beautiful descriptions of mountain - forest, place and animal life, then any book has given me for a long time. In fact I think that more than
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once I have found myself feeling genuinely homesick for the mountains and pines. Your chapter on the water ousel was of particular interest to me. I have watched the little fellow as I fished for trout in the White Mountains in New Mexico - on the noisiest of little mountain streams in 1887 - and I well recall the delight in finding him again ten years later on the streams of the Yellowstone region in Wyoming and Montana. - and again in the Yosemite. To think of [the?] ousel as all is sure to make any one of his acquaintances - think of the wildest of the mountain country - and all its
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invigorating, health giving air - and the long remembered fragrance of the pines and the firs-
When you were here in the spring I was located at San[illegible]a Mesa Barracks about three miles from the center of [illegible] - In June we moved to Cuartel de Espana [diacritic] which is within the walled city and only about a block and a half from the Army & Navy Club which you will remember - In July in addition to my regular duties I was elected to be Sec'y & Treas of the Army & Navy Club - and also to be Sec'y & Treas. of the Military Order of the Carabao. These positions have brought me many responsibilities - as in the former position I p[illegible]ally have the immediate
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P.S. A few evenings ago I was talking to Gen. & Mrs Randall about your visit here last spring and both gave me quite a scolding for not having told them as the time - for until I told them they did not know you had been here and they would have liked to have renewed their pleasant acquaintance with you
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Captain Penn Manila
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movement of regiments homeward will begin, and while others come on [illegible]place them - yet there may be a few changes anyway the regiments who have yet a year [illegible] in the Philippines - Any changes of this kind would probably give my regiments a time in the southern Islands until their time comes to return to the U.S. in Oct or Nov of 1905. Our friend Capt. Ahem left on a business trip to the U.S. in August and you have probably received a call from him in the past few days - I was fortunate last month in seeing one of those beautiful 5 foot round top narra tables made by the forestry bureau and
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I feel that in the table I have a souvenir well worth having, to take back to my people next year.
This, the [rainy?] season has been rather free from violent storms but we have had an abundance of rainfall - Early in July we had a record breaking rainfall of 17".19 in 27 hours. Most of the city experienced a flood [illegible] to a deluge-
A few days ago I visited a section of the old wall, near our quarters - and in rambling [illegible]d in the thickets with which it is over grown I found [heavy?] [illegible] [bits?] of construction - that was of great interest
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and I felt then we made a mistake in letting you sail so soon. There is really a great deal to be seen here that is grand and [illegible] - The section of the wall I examined was built in 1733 - almost an ancient work.
I have no doubt you have spent a busy summer with your notes and would not be entirely happy without a few trips to the High Sierras. Wishing you and yours many blessings - and again thanking you for your kind remembrance.
I am Sincerely
your Friend
Julius A. Penn
To Mr John Muir
Martinez
Cal.
Location
Cuartel de Espana, Manila
Date Original
1904 Sep 21
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Penn, Julius A., "Letter from Julius A. Penn to John Muir, 1904 Sep 21." (1904). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2874.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2874
Resource Identifier
muir14_0550-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0550
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
4 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
