Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Abbigail A.] Allen
Transcription
[First draft of letter, in note-book]
Dec. 27. '04.
Mrs. Chas. H. Allen.
San Jose. Gal.
Dear Mrs. Allen:
I am very glad to get your kind letter full of good news of all the Allen family. Had I not been tied up and almost smothered up with work useful and useless I should have been with you oftentimes as in the days of lang syne. I have not written a word for the press about my big trip to Russia, the Caucasus. Siberia, Manchuria, Korea, Japan, China, India, Egypt, Australia, New Zealand, Timor, the Philippines, etc., but when I do I'll let you know.
I'm now trying to write a little book on Yo[semite] which I promised the Cent[ury] Go. long ago, but make slow grinding gl[acier] progress on account of endless interruptions, and I don't see how I can find time for magazine articles, at least for a year or two. YOU may not have seen my last book, so I'm sending a copy with this mail.
I think it was in 1864 that women were admitted to the Wis. University, but I can't be sure.
I haven't a copy of the dog story to send you, but will try to get one. It was published in the Century Sep. 1897.
I shall always be glad to hear from you, and praying Heaven to comfort you, I am, with best wishes for the New Year,
Ever faithfully yours,
J.M.
Have been delighted hearing from time to time [that] Jessie was better. I haven't seen Dora since she was a baby. How quick girls grow. Both of ours are women, Wanda within a year of graduation from the State Univ. Here is Helen's photo. Wanda will send hers.03098
[First draft of letter, in note-book]
[December 27, 1904]
Dear sister Sarah:
Thank you for the first-rate book you sent me. I've already finished reading it. I'm sending you to-day $5 for Anna to buy a book, or anything she likes best for herself.
We were all glad you got to your new home safely, and hope you will enjoy good health and a truly happy New Year. We are all about as usual, and I am, with love to you and Anna and the children,
Ever affectionately your b[rother],
J. M.03098
[First draft of letter, in note-book]
[Robert Underwood Johnson] Dec. 27, '04.
Dear Mr. Johnson:
May I trouble you to send me 2 more copies of the Cent[ury]of Sep. 1897? It seems to me the dog story would sell well as a little book, judging by the many questions I have to answer about it.
Yo[semite] recession seems promising, though Hearst's paper here is fighting it with damnably perverted energy and skill. Here is a specimen of what appears in every day's Ex[aminer].
How are you all coming on. I see Owen [Johnson] has written another book. Good luck to him and to you all.
With best Hew Year's wishes, I am.
Faithfully yours,
J. M.03098
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Date Original
1904 Dec 27
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 17 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to [Abbigail A.] Allen, 1904 Dec 27." (1904). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2925.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2925
Resource Identifier
muir14_0738-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0738
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
