Creator
Frances C. Stimson
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[in margin: Stickeen]Farmington Conn.Apr. 7th,[letterhead]Dear Mr John MuirI have just finished "Stickeen" and I cannot help thanking you for it.I am an animal lover - and my heart is tortured with their undeserved miseries - especially thru' the cruelties of vivisection - I wish we could have the laws exempt dogs always - they are so wonderfully human - [illegible] what is the ideal human - in love faithfulness & devotion - and they have added to their suffering04478 a wonderful sense of apprehension. I am sure you must have seen it many times.I wish you would lend the influence of your name to our efforts in memory of clear little Stickeen - will you?Yours most sincerely(Mrs S. E.) Frances C. Stimson
Location
Farmington, Conn.
Circa Date
[1909] Apr 7
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Stimson, Frances C., "Letter from Frances C. Stimson to John Muir, [1909 ?] Apr 7." (1909). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5741.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5741
Resource Identifier
muir18_0368-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 18, Image 0368
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
