Creator

Mary Barr Munroe

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

[4]

In my "Every day book", that I was privileged to write and thank you for your remembrance on this day.

Most Sincerely

Mary Barr Munroe.

Cocoanut Grove

Dade County

Florida

[1]

January 5" 1902.

"The [illegible]

Dear John Muir. I wish you could know how surprised and delighted I. We here at your - remembrance of us. I am just as proud as can be of the book, and the autograph. I have thought

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[2]

of you, and that never to be forgotten affection when we met, and I have never forgotten how beautifully you talked. I do hope it may be my real good luck, to meet you again. and if you should ever come to this little home of ours again, I shall not let you go

[3]

so soon, Please accept my most sincere thanks and admiration, and be sure they will fly every often to. Martinez as I read "Our National Parks". I have put of writing, (although I received the book 5 day ago) until to day because to day I am fifty years old, and i wanted to make a record



Location

Cocoanut Grove, Dade County, Florida

Date Original

1902 Jan 5

Source

Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 27 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir12_0041-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 12, Image 0041

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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