Creator
Betty Averell
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[2]
& Port. Rico. After that we have a glimpse of Kingston on Jamaica & of Hayti & [then?] the Panama-Colon Canal. When I get that far I shall long to have the Canal flooded so that I might sail through & up the coast & call on you!
Every green blossom that grows makes me wish you were here to really reveal the beauty in your spirit words
[1]
[letterhead]
[in margin: be back in Rochester Feb 6th 890 East Avenue is our new number! Your next to last letter never reached me. [illegible] it was your turn to write!-
Best wishes & my love to you,
Betty Averell.]
Dear Mr Muir
I cant tell you how pleased I was to have your Christmas greetings & your new year wishes. They certainly brought me good luck for here I am bordering on your tropical country. Seeing the wonders of this old Spanish land [illegible][illegible] in Cuba
05359
Jan 21st
[3]
[There?] is a H.A.[S?] member on board, Dr. Elliott. He has just finished writing a book on monkies - after six years of study & travel to do it. And his tales of his trip around the world thrill me. If you were only here too I should insist having a kindergarten class again in a life boat on the upper deck every morning! You never yet have written me a word of your South American or Africa trip. & I've begged & begged & begged! Really I want it much more than those old publishers! Your tales in the Atlantic of your boyhood are delightful. I've read two of them while sailing on these Southern Seas. Mother I left with the Harrimans in New York. All are well there. My brother Billy is now living in Pittsburg, the stell & iron city-& my sister is down in Tennessee. So you see we are a separated family. How are you & your daughters & their babies?
Do write me soon for I'll
Location
[place unknown]
Circa Date
[1913] Jan 21
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18.5 x 28.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Averell, Betty, "Letter from Betty Averell to John Muir, [1913] Jan 21." (1913). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3894.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3894
Resource Identifier
muir21_0065-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 0065
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
