Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Abbigail A.] Allen
Transcription
[First draft of letter, in note-book]
[Mrs. Charles H. Allen] [Nov., 1904]
Dear Mrs. Allen:
Ever since I heard of your loss 1 hare been anxious to try to say something that I could hope might help to cheer you in your loneliness and lighten your burden of sorrow, but words from hearts however faithful seem of no avail. None are fine enough, tender enough, so at last we can only pray Heaven to comfort you with blessed hope of reunion in the happy world above all sorrow and death.
Few lives have been longer than your husband's, fewer still so full of good everlasting work. Always cheerful and young, full of happy hopeful memories, looking on the good side of everything, he has guided and cheered to success how many pilgrims on life's hard roads. How many cold and sad have been warmed in his heart. As a teacher his influence will go on forever echoing from mind to mind and heart to heart, for all goodness is immortal.
With sincere sympathy, dear Mrs. Allen and children, I am.
Ever faithfully yours,
J. M.03098
[First draft of letter, in note-book]
[Nov., 1904]
[Mrs.]Wm. H. Averell,
325 East Avenue,
Rochester, N.Y.
Dear Mrs. Avere11:
Through a notice in a Rochester newspaper I have just learned your loss. I wish I could write anything that I could hope might help to cheer you in your loneliness and lighten your burden of sorrow. But words from hearts however faithful seem utterly feeble. None, however, kind and true, are tender enough. We can only pray Heaven to bless and cheer and strengthen you.
Be assured, dear Mrs. Averell, that with heartfelt sympathy,I am,
Ever faithfully your friend,
J. M.03098
"[First draft of letter, in note-book]
[Joanna Muir Brown] [Nov., 1904]
Dear Joanna:
We are all very sorry that yon hare suffered painful and dangerous illness, and glad to know you are better. We all fondly hope with God's blessings that you will soon fully recover and find the new year a happy one for yourself and all your family.
Ever affectionately your brother,
J.M.03098"
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Circa Date
[1904 Nov]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 17 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Abbigail A.] Allen, [1904 Nov ?]." (1904). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2906.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2906
Resource Identifier
muir14_0662-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0662
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
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
