Creator

Sallie Kennedy Alexander

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

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future life bright with promise. My dear Sister I am thankful to feel has grown stronger. She has been up held by her wonderful faith, yet she suffers keenly. She desired me a moment since to give you her love - and to add to what I had already written, the hope that you could let us know in the event you could come to S. F, the day before you were to come - that we might not have started on one of the proposed expeditions of "sight-seeing"

[in margin: Many thanks for the most interesting and instructive paper on the Cal. coniferea, I read it aloud and enjoyed it.]

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Very sincerely yours,

Sallie Kennedy Alexander

Chico, May 24th 1900.

Your letter my dear Mr Muir, gave us all pleasure, save the clause which told us you were not quite well. We have hoped you would find it possible to come to Chico, tho' we did realize how sadly dear Generals absence would be felt. Now I write to say that we expect to go to San Francisco on Monday, to be with Mrs Gibbs 2622, Jackson St - for three or four days, and should

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Location

Chico [Calif.]

Date Original

1900 May 24

Source

Original letter dimensions: 17 x 22 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir11_0233-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 11, Image 0233

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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