Creator
Ellie Mosgrove
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[4]
Thank you again and again for the trip and all your kindness to us
Sincerely
Ellie Mosgrove
Sept. 7, 1902
325 N. Adams St.
[1]
9-7-'02
My dear Mr. Muir'--
It was with great joy I found your book awaiting me Saturday morning when I arrived home. We are reading it together with so much pleasure and profit and the memory of going through our National Park with you. The inscription was so beautiful and true, for the mountains became the most hospitable home in the world.
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[2]
I am so glad you remembered my great interest in the desk and clock. It is a wonderful thing and I would like to se the "wheels go round.' Are the back legs [illegible]ooks or carved in imitation? And isnt that a photograph of your sketch? The dear old tea-gounis, I suppose, laid away. I am glad I [illegible] it. I saw Mr. Keith and told him I was homesick to see you, he urged me to go to Martinez but
[3]
school opened a week earlier than usual so I could not do it. We are going to see you here, very soon, I hope. Marian and I read aloud the story of Sti[illegible]een. It was in '97 the last bound volume of Century they have. [So?] have it in more form so people can read it - It is a wonderful story, the [illegible] of the dog, as you write it is one of the most touching things I ever read.
Location
place unknown
Date Original
1902 Sep 7
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 26.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Mosgrove, Ellie, "Letter from Ellie Mosgrove to John Muir, 1902 sep 7." (1902). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4721.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4721
Resource Identifier
muir12_0596-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0596
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
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
