Creator
Mary Titus Hazelton
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
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me as one of the old time friends. I remain with kind regards to yourself and family,
Very sincerely
Mary Titus Hazelton
[1]
476 N. 3rd St. San Jose [diacritic]
May 18, 1895:
Dear Mr. Muir,
Last evening Mrs. Allen brought me "The Mountains of California" so kindly sent by you.
Ah, Mr. Muir, you are really becoming more charitable toward your less fortunate fellowman and woman I well remember when you positively refused the glaciers of Alaska to the lazy San Joseans, as you did not believe in study-
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[study-]ing glaciers while sitting in an easy chair at home.
Here you have written us a book so charmingly realistic, that we have only to sit in our rocker with none of the drudgery and weariness of climbing and obtain a near vision of the "Range of Light, the most divinely beautiful of all the mountain chains."
During the past week I have been urging my good husband
[3]
to take a trip to the High Sierras to obtain relief from his troublesome asthma. But now I shall hand him "The mountains of California" and as he sits in his easy chair and roams through those "mountain mansions where nature has taken pains to gather her choicest treasures" the asthma will disappear like the morning mists.
Thanking you very much for remembering
Location
San Jose [Calif]
Date Original
1895 May 18
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 24.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Hazelton, Mary Titus, "Letter from Mary Titus Hazelton to John Muir, 1895 May 18." (1895). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3095.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3095
Resource Identifier
muir08_0995-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0995
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
