Creator

Mary Sargent

Creator

Mary Sargent

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

[3]

you are coming soon to the East Holm Lea is ever ready to welcome you, its inmates eager to see you [illegible]ce were within their [gates?]. With renewed thanks & appreciation, believe me to be dear Mr. Muir,

[1] 7-26-

[letterhead]

My dear Mr. Muir-

It was indeed good to receive your book, and [know?] that you had not altogether forgotten your Brookline friend & admirer. I shall

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[2]

take the book to the Coast of Maine, & there revel in its contents, and keep it ever among my chief treasures, the more so because it bears your name with mine in its pages. But I am going to be very [illegible]eedy, & seemingly ungrateful, by reminding you that you promised me your photograph, and I have always so wanted it — still am so anxious for it that I venture to plead my cause! I do hope that

[4]

[letterhead]

Sincerely & gratefully yrs.

Mary Sargent-

July 26th

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Location

Brookline

Date Original

1902 Jul 26

Source

Original letter dimensions: 16 x 24 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir12_0496-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 12, Image 0496

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

3 pages

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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