Creator
Blossom Averell
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
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Snowing & winter seems to have come, but my winter will be a short one this year. As on the 19th of November I am sailing for Egypt to take a trip up the Nile. A dear friend of mine has invited me to go as her guest. So you see I am bound. My eyes will not see such glories as yours discover for they are not as developed to the wonders of Gods world. but I know there will be many beauties
[1]
October 31st
[letterhead]
Dear Mr Muir
You were sadly missed in Island Park after you left us last August & often since you have been in my thoughts & I have wished for another of the quiet [house?] like [illegible] we passed together when the Great Tetons were our distant neighbors & the great meadows our friends. Here today it has been
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that I can appreciate. [Beth?] is as busy as a bee & [enjoying?] the [Studie?] [work?]. She has written to you I know. She & Billie are to have a home together this winter which will be a great pleasure to them both. Mrs Harriman I have not seen since we parted at Arden Station on September 8th but next week before sailing I expect to be in New York for a few days. Has there been any recent developments in Hetch-Hetchy matters? Soon after [reaching?] home I thought matters looked dark, but of late I have seen nothinh in our papers on the subject. I so hope all your labors may be rewarded & the beautiful valley saved from distruction Don't come East while I am away. But do come in the spring when I am here & when the flowers & trees are blooming. Always love to you dear Mr Muir from your friend
Blossom Averell
Location
[place unknown]
Circa Date
[1913] Oct 31
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 27 cm.
Recommended Citation
Averell, Blossom, "Letter from Blossom Averell to John Muir, [1913] Oct 31." (1913). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4147.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4147
Resource Identifier
muir21_0948-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 0948
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
