Creator
N. D. Stebbins
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Santa Barbara, July 17, '80.
My dear Friend Muir,
I sit down as I am just on the eve of going to town (3 miles) to say to you a few days since I was at a neighbor's house, Mr. Eddy (President of one of our banks). In my conversation with Mrs. Eddy your name came up. She said she had admired your course of life for 10 years, and read your productions with great interest and wanted to see you. "How," said she, "you write to him to make you a visit and bring him to our house to stay with us (as she is aware that my brother-in-law's quarters are rather small). We have carriages and horses to go about with and would be delighted to have him make us a good long visit, and Mrs. M. of course."
It has occurred to me that Mrs. Carr, as she wrote me it was possible, would visit Santa Barbara this fall at the meeting of the teachers' institute. If you could be here at the same time we would have a glorious old time. What say you?
I have seen Mr. Eddy who has fully endorsed what Mrs. Eddy wishes. Now if I can get in that lovely elaborate plan and get Mrs. Carr close by me we all will be within a short walk. Won't I enjoy it. If you do come don't forget you are engaged, sir.
Very truly yours,
N. D. Stebbins.
I write in haste with a trembling hand.
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Location
Santa Barbara, [Calif]
Date Original
1880 Jul 17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 12.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Stebbins, N. D., "Letter from N. D. Stebbins to John Muir, 1880 Jul 17." (1880). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 569.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/569
Resource Identifier
muir04_0252-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0251
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
