Creator
[Alice Spencer Jones]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[4]also greet you — if here.And I- why I would pick out the biggest red apple I could find and pare & eat it with you — and you would give me sugar plums to keep me sweet. We are glad your heart is still in the southland — where there are roses, and muffins yes - and Larks[1]Dec 6 - 1910.325 W. ADAMS STREETLOS ANGELESMy dear good friendJohn Muir.—I, Hark the Lark Jones, miss you oh so much — for I have no one to adorn with the symbol of their officeWe speak about you daily - yea - meally04908
[2]For it is when we assemble around Uncles hospitable table that we miss the absent onesOur house is decorated with your pretty greens - we all enjoy them. Uncle was pleased to receive your kindly message, and also the [accompanying?] document - He says, "[accept?] please [3]my greetings and sincere thanks"- and also adds - The "irreverent wretch" salutes him - Fanny sits by reading and says tell you "she is here and she wishes you were also"-Aunt Katherine is with Wanda & Ellie for [illegible] — and Fred - at the Masons - They would
Location
Los Angeles
Date Original
1910 Dec 6
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 22.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Jones, Alice Spencer, "Letter from [Alice Spencer Jones] to John Muir, 1910 Dec 6." (1910). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5195.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5195
Resource Identifier
muir19_0982-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 19, Image 0982
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
