Creator

Cha[rle]s Warren Stoddard

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

[4]

I must stay here for the sake of my sallery - that is all there is in it. O, if I could only afford to write! Love to you, dear old friend -

Ever [devotedly?]

Chas. Warren Stoddard..

[1]

[letterhead]

20 - Oct. 01.

Dear John Muir.

O, the handsome book! [&?] the beautiful picture of its author! A thousand thanks for these. I am delighted with

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2]

them and [am?] looking forward to the arrival of the other [illegible] most fondly. Im sending you the "Idyls" with much pleasure, but I haven't a photo to my name. When I get some I'll

[3]

not forget you. Yes: I belong [illegible] [there?] - but I starved [there?]. Sometimes I long to be [there?]. I need the climate now - I am breaking, and this Washington weather is fatal.

Location

Washington, D.C.

Date Original

1901 Oct 20

Source

Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir11_0893-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 11, Image 0893

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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