Creator
Olive Thorne Miller
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
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Pasadena. May 7th
(With Mrs Emma Bangs)
Dear Mr Muir:
Your cordial response to my letter and invitation to your house was received a day or two ago, and while it is just what one might expect from the writer of your books--it is something so uncommon in these
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days of--shall we call it cold-bloodedness--it is very delightful.
I shall certainly not fail to accept it as freely as it is given and as soon as I reach San Francisco will visit you again.
I have an invitation from one of the Profs in the Calif. Ac. of Sciences (sent [on?] through Prof. Loomis whom I know)
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to spend a week in his ranch near San F. My motions also depend somewhat upon my son who is now in the state, so that I cannot tell exactly when I shall be able to come your way, but--as I said above--I will write you again for I should not be content to leave the state until I have
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seen you [illegible][illegible] and have at least one talk about the "mountain-brook's own darling" the water ouzel, who is as dear to me as he is to you.
Most Cordially yours
Oliver H[illegible] Miller
PS. I haven't quoted right I think--I believe it is the "mountain-stream's own darling"
O. H. M
Location
Pasadena [Calif.]
Circa Date
[1895] May 7
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 12.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Miller, Olive Thorne, "Letter from Olive Thorne Miller to John Muir, [1895?] May 7." (1895). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3093.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3093
Resource Identifier
muir08_0985-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0985
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
