Creator

Florence Scripps Kellogg

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

[4]

returned to Detroit recently. We took a trip to Honolulu this spring & while there, I wrote a couple of verses which she set to music. If it is ever published, or in proper form, I will send you a copy to remember us by.
With kindest regards & best wishes for all good things for you,

believe me ever sincerely your friend

Florence Scripps Kellogg

[1]

(Apr 1913)

[letterhead]

Altadena

My dear Mr. Muir:-

How can I thank you fr your generous gift & sweet thoughtfulness? I have just received thro' Vronman your book telling of your boyhood days. I shall enjoy reading every word of it, & am proud to be the possessor

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[2]

of it through your kindness. Some day when you are in this neighborhood, & will come again to see us, you will perhaps be good enough to write your name in it for me.
yesterday was my birthday, so it came as sort of a birthday gift. Thank you, dear Mr. Muir, very

[3]

very much.

Mr. Charles Kellogg is in Los Angeles this week charming big audiences with his bird songs, & is to come, with his wife, to spend a couple of days with us next week.
Do let us know when you come to this part of Cal.
"Winnie Skylark" has



Location

Altadena [Calif.]

Circa Date

[1913 Apr]

Source

Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 26 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir21_0375-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 21, Image 0375

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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

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