Creator
Edith Simonds
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[3]The little [flower?] [lover?] with the little corn has exchanged the kind corn into a little keepsake necklace from her good kind friend John Muir. Many thanks she sends to you and a kiss for payment.Please forgive us and hoping we may be [favored?] in being with you on the tenth and with kindest remembrance from Mr. Simonds and myself, believe me to be Very gratefully yours Edith Simonds.Tuesday [Morn.?][1]1330 [Spruce?] A. Berkeley.My dear Mr. Muir:-How we do hope you will forgive us for our inability to be with you on Sunday last as Charlie Keeler had planned! [Mr.?] Simonds04601 [2]and myself regret the misfortune exceeding, but when we see you finally, we can explain more clearly than by written word!We do so hope the failure on our parts to keep the [illegible] appointment did not inconvenience you too much and that you will forgive us and let the three of us come a week from this Sunday - October the tenth. We promise to be there then without fail, providing you will kindly allow us the privilege all over again.
Location
Berkeley [Calif.]
Circa Date
[1909 Oct 5]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 13.5 x 20.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Simonds, Edith, "Letter from Edith Simonds to John Muir, [1909 Oct 5]." (1909). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5889.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5889
Resource Identifier
muir18_0788-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 18, Image 0788
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
