Creator
Fay H. Sellers
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
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commenced work on my photography and carbon work, and as I think you must by this time have given my pictures of you all away, one of the first things I do will be to make and send you another dozen. How is Mrs Muir, her mother and the dear little girls? Give them our love and tell them I would like to go to California, just to get a peep at them. Much kindest regards I am
Sincerely yours
Fay H. Sellers
[1]
Chicago Jan 12-96
[letterhead]
Mr dear Mr. Muir.
Santa Claus has been very good to me this year. for not only did he remember me Xmas day but several presents have come since, and the gem of these all, was the little gem of a picture with its beautiful frame that you and Mr. Keith sent us. I am assuming that it came from you both from what you wrote me last summer. You
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should not have done so because you have done so much for us already. but as I said in my letter to Mr. Keith, it makes one very happy to be remembered in so beautiful a way. that two very dear friends are thinking of us. And I assure you Mr. Muir that Al. and I often think and talk of you and one of our greatest regrets at not going to California this winter is, that we will
[3]
not see you. but we are going to have you here next summer if we have to go after you. I say we will not be out this winter, as Al. is enlarging his business and cannot well be spared. though we may make a flying trip with Mr. Robinson of the Santa Fe. I too, have been busy this winter giving a big swell reception, and now that it is over, and out of the way, I have com-
Location
Chicago [Illinois]
Date Original
1896 Jan 12
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Sellers, Fay H., "Letter from Fay H. Sellers to John Muir, 1896 Jan 12." (1896). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5
Resource Identifier
muir09_0029-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0029
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
