Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[C. L.] Biedenback
Transcription
908 [Nov. 1902]
Dear Mr Biedenback
Rest assured I shall be with you December 1st if I can possibly find a way through the confounded tangle of obligations that holds me here. I see no opening however as yet, or anything that promises one. therefore, much as it distresses me to seem wanting in appreciation of the kindness & honor of your invitation, I must warn you not to count on me. After escaping the common dangers of the wilderness these kind invitations & honors of civilization are like to be the death of me; for from some strange mysterious cause they come flying about me thick as snowflakes & give no end of trouble in trying to explain a poor wanderer's woeful inability
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to accept them.
Faithfully yours
Mr A. H. Payson
San Francisco
Dear Sir:-
My studies next year will probably call me again to the Grand Canon, the Petrified Forest of Arizona, the Yucca & Cactus groves at their times of bloom etc, etc along the Sante Fe lines. I would therefore respectfully request an annual pass. Will you kindly forward this request to its proper place & believe me to be faithfully yours
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 17 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to [C. L.] Biedenback, [1902 Nov]." (1902). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4786.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4786
Resource Identifier
muir12_0828-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0828
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
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Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
2 pages