Creator
Alice [Spencer Hooker Jones]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[letterhead]325 W. AdamsDec 21 1912My dearly Beloved John Muir,Oh! oh! How good of you to write me for our Christmas! So busy you are; The letter goes beside your picture which is in our country Sierra Madre home.You will think it lovely there, too. I know. In our planting, I am trying to remember a great deal about the aristocracy in the vegetable kingdom for you05324
The Larknight shades and pepper trees are outcasts. (you know)We go back and forth in our auto. It agrees with both of us being in the open air.Skylark JonesI shall be so anxious to see your new books "When I was a Boy" we all know and love already. Uncle John was so interested and it gave him the happy idea of writing too.Fred send his regards very best ones. He has so often said "I am going to Mr Funks to look up Mr Muir." We are both looking forward to your next visit south.With loveAlways "Alice the Lark"[Mrs Fred Hooker (Alice Spenser) Jones]
Location
Los Angeles
Date Original
1912 Dec 21
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Jones, Alice Spencer Hooker, "Letter from Alice [Spencer Hooker Jones] to John Muir, 1912 Dec 21." (1912). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6418.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6418
Resource Identifier
muir20_1493-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 1493
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
