Creator

Charles [A.] Keeler

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

Ridge Road and Highland Place

Berkeley, Cal. April 12th 1902.

My dear Mr. Muir:

We have often spoken of you and of how greatly we all enjoyed your visit at our home. it was good of you to come and I hope that you will repeat the experiment some day. President Wheeler was deeply interested in your talk, as was every one, and you need have no fear that you said too much. It was like a breath of the mountains and did us all good. We are really coming to see you soon. On the third of May we leave for a few day's visit with some of the astronomers on Mount Hamilton, and possibly, if the time is suitable for you and

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Mrs. Muir and you are not too busy, we might run up to Martinez for a day with you at the end of our observatory jaunt. That would be about the 8th of May. Berkeley is glorious just now and I know Martinez must be so likewise — singing birds and roses and blossoming trees! We all three send greetings to you and yours,

Charles Keeler


Location

Berkeley [Calif.]

Date Original

1902 Apr 12

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 26.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir12_0348-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 12, Image 0348

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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