Creator
Frances Williamson
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
83 Paisley St. Guelph, CanadaMay 24th 1912John Muir EsqDear SirIn the Spring of one of the late seventies, you were on the train in Sonoma Co. California between Fulton, and Petaluma. You stopped to look at some wild flowers I a young girl was carrying back to San Francisco. I did not know then, but I was afterwards told, to whom the flowers had given pleasure. I soon after went to Yosemite need say no more. In 1899 I read your paper on the Valley, in a magazine. I tried to put some of the thoughts in concrete form. The coincidence of having put a few thoughts into rhyme on the same date this year emboldens me to send both to you. California is my "Italy"[newspaper clipping] SPRING SONG.It is the growing time: last nightThe trees but whispered of their green,But I awoke and saw the lightSift softly in between their sheen.It is the Wonder Hour of earth-The fairies roam the country still!A time of love and blossom-birth,Of balms that heal, of scents that thrill,And O the clinging memoryThat fills the robins' questioning call!O sweet the South wind's melody,And Nature's heart-beat measures all.May [illegible]4 RICHARD SCRACE.Yours very trulyFrances Williamson(Mrs. Bertram Williamson)Richard Scrace05202
Location
Guelph, Canada
Date Original
1912 May 24
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26 x 20 cm.
Recommended Citation
Williamson, Frances, "Letter from Frances Williamson to John Muir, 1912 May 24." (1912). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6278.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6278
Resource Identifier
muir20_1005-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 1005
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
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
