Creator
Ellie Mosgrove
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[1][letterhead]Dear Mr. Muir,Are we not true to our teaching and our love for the pines and running waters.Helen, Marian and I are here together and are having a beautiful time. Do you know that granite when I walk or stand on it thrills me. Its solidity, color and vastness.05112
[2]We were two weeks on the large Lake but had to come up to our old love the Glen. The flowers are beautiful. The larkspurs are very tall and the castillegas flaming.Do you remember a Mr. Stewart of Vesalia President of the Mt. Whitney Club. He is here and remembered all of us very well.We had a flower show that was very beautiful. One young boy brought in 92 varieties. We had baskets of tiger lilies,
[3][letterhead]heather, beautiful ferns and berries.We expect to stay here another week and then we will see you as I intend staying around the Bay for a few weeks before going South.I was so sorry you missed Marian. They left San Francisco very suddenly and then the Doctor ordered her to the05112
[4]Mountains.Helen had to leave us yesterday to meet Austin for a fishing jaunt on the Truckee.It is terribly cold. We expect snow but I love the exhileration of it.Good-bye for a while,Sincerely yoursEllie MosgroveSept. 31st
Location
Lake Tahoe, Calif
Circa Date
[1911] Sep 31
Source
Original letter dimensions: 14 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Mosgrove, Ellie, "Letter from Ellie Mosgrove to John Muir, [1911] Sep 31." (1911). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6179.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6179
Resource Identifier
muir20_0657-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0657
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
4 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
