Creator
Jane Mather
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[4]
I am sorry I have not a photo of myself to send you. I am not fond of having it taken, and would not like to say how many years have passed since I had it done.
My brother spent a few days in Dunbar at Easter, and I expect to have him for a week or longer when I get home again.
[1]
Oban
August 27th 1895
My dear Mr. Muir
I am a very bad correspondent. That is my only excuse for not writing sooner to thank you for your "Photo" which I got quite safe.
On Sunday afternoon I was looking over a book of views, and came on one of the Muir Glacier Alaska with a short account of it, which
02016
[27 Aug 1895] [5]
I was very busy last winter, with school and music pupils, but had not quite so many the summer half, but now that I have got rested and recruited, I hope to have a good school when I re-open in September.
With kind regards
Yours sincerely
Jane Mather
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[2]
I read with interest.
I have been spending a fortnight's holiday here with an Edinburgh friend, and we have both enjoyed Oban immensely, and have had some delightful trips. Yesterday we went to Loch Awe and had a sail of six hours on the lake, last week I was at Glencoe and other places.
[3]
I expect to be home next week. My house has been let since the 30th of July. Dunbar was very full when I left. every house let for August.
Mrs. Lunam and Maggie are in Edinb. Maggie and I went to St Cuthberts one Sunday evening, and heard Dr. MacGregor I expect to see them again next week, when I return to Edinburgh
Location
Oban [Scotland]
Date Original
1895 Aug 27
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 23 cm.
Recommended Citation
Mather, Jane, "Letter from Jane Mather to John Muir, 1895 Aug 27." (1895). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3131.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3131
Resource Identifier
muir08_1137-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 1137
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
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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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
