Creator

Evelyn Crow Simmons

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

voice "Oh Mother do tell Mr. Muir. to come again".

Very cordially yours,

Evelyn Crow Simmons

Monday.

Inverness

Marin Co.

My dear Mr. Muir,

Your brief visit was a real joy for us and we shall hold you to your promise to return. This week our house is full but may we not expect you after that? Mr. Marshall will not be in California this summer and Mrs Marshall

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father's name.
Will you write the name of the pine pecular to this country about Inverness?
We hope for the success of your Hetch Hetchy work but can't quite forgive its taking you away from us so soon. The children, seeing me with my pen, exclaim with one

leaves us about the middle of August to visit old friends in San Jose.
You asked for the children's names-
Evelyn Bradford Marshall
Virginia Mann Marshall
Samuel Bradford Simmons
Elisabeth Crocker Simmons.
The Bradford in both names is of course Scotch, my

Location

Inverness [Calif.]

Circa Date

[1913]

Source

Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 26 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir21_1176-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 21, Image 1176

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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