Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[ ] Ridgeway
Transcription
[First draft of letter, in note-book #59] (81)
[Jan. 1901]
My dear Mr. Ridgeway:
I am very sorry to learn the sad news of your son's death - your only child, so hopeful and beloved.
I wish I could say or do anything to help in this supreme affliction, the sorest and most unbearable that belongs to mortals, but words are of no avail. More than 12 years ago we nearly lost one of our little girls, and the anxious agony we then suffered is forever unforgettable.
Can't you and Mrs. Ridgeway come to our home next summer to go with us to the mountains?
Heaven help and comfort you.
With deepest sympathy,
J. M.
02890
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Circa Date
1901 Jan [31]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 22.5 x 14.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to [ ] Ridgeway, [1901 Jan]" (1901). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4387.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4387
Resource Identifier
muir11_0595-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0595
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
Copyrighted
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
