Creator

John Muir

Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[A. H.] Sellers

Transcription

[1]

Martinez, Apr 11, 1900.

My dear Sellers,

Sure enough it has been an unconscionably long time without a word between us, though for a month or two I have been expecting to see you here. & when you letter cam I looked eagerly to see whether it was from Chicago or San Francisco. Well I was glad to get it anyhow though I wish the news had been better. Mrs Sellers not well & you still toiling & battling in that confounded big smothering company - on the other hand I'm glad to know that you are in good health & that Frank is all right. Mrs Muir has been pretty well all winter & the two girls are in perfect health. Wanda is at school in Berkeley full of ambition, determined

2

to go through the University, as for myself I've been half dead all winter with Grippe, bronchitis, & book writing. I haven't seen Keith for four months but I hear from him. He is pa[illegible]ing better than [illegible] & is growing rich & possibly a little wiser. Though the last is desperately doubtful: I ventured as far as Berkey day before yesterday to a big dinner that I could not escape. I met a lot of famous folk & the table it was grand - but nothing compared to a crust of bread & champagne water in the [silver?]-fir woods on the margin of a lily garden, or to the easy friendly dinners I enjoyed at the Michigan Avenue home I'm so [stupid?] & have so many interruptions I make very slow progress with my writing but hope to do better ere long.

3

When you Guarantee & Trust bonds are broken we must celebrate your freedom in a grand wild excursion on ice or in forests. I fondly hope Mrs Sellers will soon be quite well again. Give my Kindest regards to Frank

Ever truly your friend

John Muir

[canceled envelope, Apr [illegible] 1900]

John Muir

Col. A.H. Sellers

3420 Michigan Ave.

Chicago, Ill.

[4]

I'll send some photographs as soon as I get them Nearly 5000 negatives were made, about 150 or 200 really magnificent Have seen proofs but none have been distributed yet.

Location

Martinez [Calif.]

Date Original

1900 Apr 11

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir11_0201-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 11, Image 0201

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Special Collections, University of Virginia 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

4 pages

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