Creator

Katherine Freeman

Recipient

Mr. & Mrs. [J] Muir

Transcription

[in margin: 909]

Berkeley California

December. 1. 1902.

My dear Mr & Mrs Muir

Arbor Day passed off very successfully- delightfully interesting - the only disappointment being the absence of the one so dear to the hearts of all Californians and to whom the beautiful tree was dedicated- We received your telephone message this morning and appreciate very much your good wishes for the day's success - and felt you were

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with us in spirit - some time when you come to Berkeley you must visit the High School grounds and see this tree and read the inscription on the plate. a paper giving an account of the exercises will be sent to you. Also a souvenir program. Hoping you will both soon recover from the prevailing colds - and thanking you for your kind letters.

Yours very sincerely

Katherine Freeman

for Arbor Day Committee

Location

Berkeley [Calif.]

Date Original

1902 Dec 1

Source

Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 24.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir12_0843-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 12, Image 0843

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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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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