Creator
Elizabeth Thacher Kent
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[1][letterhead]My dear Mr Muir-This evening I finished reading to Adaline your delightful story of "Stickeen", & then after tucking Adaline in bed I stopped in Elizabeth's room, interrupting her studies, and had to tell the story to her as she had heard the beginning this morning & was eager to know the rest. I can imagine how many04500 [3]to me. [illegible] Kent has been down in Mexico enjoying the wilderness & getting a thorough rest & refreshment. I expect him home next Sunday.Hoping we may see you here again some time with the do g[illegible] who "loves wildness" & thanking you ever so much for the book believe meYours sincerelyElizabeth Thacker Kent.May 17.[2]times I shall have to tell it to Sherman who will listen with his intent big grey eyes, & fly me with questions about glaciers & crevasses.Thank you so very much for sending me the books, & please excuse me for not acknowledging it before.It came just as I was leaving for B[illegible]ias & I misread the address & thinking it was to Mr Wm Ke[illegible] I did not open it. I reached home last night & saw this morning that it was addressed
Location
Kentfield, Calif.
Circa Date
[1909] May 17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Kent, Elizabeth Thacher, "Letter from Elizabeth Thacher Kent to John Muir, [ca. 1909] May 17." (1909). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5770.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5770
Resource Identifier
muir18_0454-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 18, Image 0454
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
