Creator
James M. Hay
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[D]
P.S. Mend & bring your wife & daughters with you when you come.
[A]
Co'y & is now employed by an Insurance Co'y - with a good deal of Open air work. He is the Agent at Waterloo in the neighborhood of Liverpool, & comes occasionaly to spend the week end with us. When are you Coming to visit the old Country again? to inspect the glaciers, & tell us some of your wonderful stories. We would all like you to come & make this place your head quarters for a while You see you are a born traveller & I stay at home
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[B]
And finally & last of all What is to be done with those vagabond Anarchists! This dastardly assassniation of your worthy President has stirred the heart of the whole British poeple. Next to the death of our Noble Queen, there is nothing that has so universaly & so deeply touched us as this sad [event?]. The penalty for assassination of [illegible] [illegible] should be Solitary Confinement for life - &
[C]
& a similar punishment should be meted out to all those who preach & teach & recommend it, They are more culpable than the half witted crazy idiot who sometimes does the Deed. Now my dear Muir we all send our kindest regards. & let us know when your next visit to here is to come off
Your affectionate
Cousin
Jas M Hay
[pro.?] John Muir
Martinez
Location
[Scotland]
Circa Date
[1901 Oct]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Hay, James M., "Letter from James M. Hay to John Muir, [ca. 1901 Oct ?]." (1901). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4472.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4472
Resource Identifier
muir11_0903-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0903
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
