Creator

Florence S[cripps] Kellogg

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

[1]

Altadena, Oct. 18-1913

[letterhead]

Dear Mr. Muir:-

You must think me very unappreciative of your lovely book with your autograph, but indeed I'm not. I was away all summer, spending most of it with "Winnie Skylark" in Detroit - she was so pleased with her copy - & didn't know until a short time ago that my book was waiting for me here at Mary's. She

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went east this summer also. Thank you very much, dear Mr. Muir. I'm proud to have the authographed book of your boyhood days.
We are all pretty well. Mr. K. is running the "Call" in S.F. & is up there most of the time. Dorothy & I are going there Monday to be with him a few days.
Ellen is busy with her painting & Wm with his school. When shall we have the pleasure of seeing you down here?
With best regards,

affec. yours

Florence S. Kellogg.

Location

Altadena [Calif.]

Date Original

1913 Oct 18

Source

Original letter dimensions: 8 x 13.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir21_0900-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 21, Image 0900

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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