Creator
Florence M[erriam] Bailey
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[4]
not? Come and see it - and us - in May and write a poem on - the Potomac woods. We'll show you something worth while out of doors there, [if?] it is [illegible] [East?] of the Rockies. With our heartiest thanks and best wishes for the New Year for you and yours,
Sincerely yours, Florence M. Bailey
[1]
1834 Kalorama Ave
Jan. 16, 1901.
My dear Mr. Muir:
When Mr. Bailey came home the other night he stoped at the kitchen and my maid ran out and called me so excitedly that I thought he must have brought the 'possum' he had been threatening to have for dinner. Imagine
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[2]
my astonishment when I found, not a possum, but a whole big box of raisins! And such perfectly luscious ones! You have given us a winter's feast. And we hear that there are more of the delicious nuts you sent us last year. You certainly are a sure 'nuff Santa Claus!
[3]
We will feel that we have you with us as we eat them, but would that you could really sit by our hearth and tell camp fire yarns. Is Washington such an every day sort of a place that you can stay away from it just as easily as
Location
[Washington, D. C.]
Date Original
1901 Jan 16
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 26 cm.
Recommended Citation
Bailey, Florence Merriam, "Letter from Florence M[erriam] Bailey to John Muir, 1901 Jan 16." (1901). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4380.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4380
Resource Identifier
muir11_0575-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0575
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
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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
