Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Melville B. Anderson]
Transcription
Martinez, California
May 8, 1913.
Dear friend
I was delighted to catch sight of you once more after returning from travels in South America & East Africa Had I known your address when I was in Naples last year I would have glad to visit you What a glorious time you must be enjoying in the Dante atmosphere of your beloved Florence. Your letter & Epistle were perfectly charming. I let Mrs Hooker, (who wrote "Wayfarers in Italy," read the "Epistle" & of course she found it delightful, for
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she is a [glowing?] lover of Dante Land. She has just started for Europe with her daugher & adopted daughter & will be in Italy most of the summer probably. I gave her your address & made her promise to call on you. She is one of my very best friends. It was under her roof that I wrote "My Boyhood & Youth," part of which you have seen in the Atlantic. I'm sending you a copy of the little book by mail.
I haven't seen Francis Brown lately but hope to ere long. When are you coming home. I'm aching to see you God bless you dear friend
Ever affectionately yours
John Muir
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Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1913 May 8
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Melville B. Anderson], 1913 May 8." (1913). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3982.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3982
Resource Identifier
muir21_0395-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 0395
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
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
