Creator
Grace D. Skeek
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
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guides for the summer holiday season.
That you remembered me, our conversation, and sent me this sweet pathetic story of which you are fond is a kindness I appreciate. With "Rab" I shall always associate the little shepherd dog in the pack who had lost his master and to whom you spoke kindly words of encouragement that he really seemed to understand.
The Yosemite bill passed and I doubt if it would had
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[letterhead]
My dear Mr Muir
For several weeks I was out of town. My home coming was especially delightful. On the library table I found a beautiful azalea each of its myraid warmly colored blossoms speaking a word of welcome. Beside it was the bark you sent which Mr [illegible]uk had kept
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as a surprise for me.
The hours we spent in your company, Mr Muir, were amongst the most inspiring in our lives. They passed all too quickly and yet the memory of them will always last. We called you a friend even when our acquaintance was only through your books because you brought a great deal into our lives by helping us to see the wonders and beauties of nature and we felt indebted as to one who had done us an especial
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favor.
In one article you said that your chief aim in giving your writings to the public was to help people appreciate and love the mountains, the streams and the forests. How well you have succeeded you will probably never know. There must be many, many homes gladdened as ours has here by your thoughts: they are delightful fireside companions on winter evenings and the best and friendliest of
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you not come to Sacramento so many times and taken the interest in it you did.
We shall watch for the publication of your book on the Yosemite.
Hoping that the pleasure of meeting you may come to us again.
Very gratefully yours
Grace D. Skeek.
March thirteenth
1261 L St. Sacramento
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Location
Sacramento [Calif.]
Circa Date
[1906] Mar 30
Source
Original letter dimensions: 14.5 x 27.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Skeek, Grace D., "Letter from Grace D. Skeek to John Muir, [1906 ?] Mar 30." (1906). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3500.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3500
Resource Identifier
muir16_0147-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 0147
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
