Creator

John Muir

Creator

John Muir

Recipient

W[illiam] E. Colby

Transcription

POSTAL TELEGRAPH - COMMERCIAL CABLESCLARENCE H. MAC KAY. President. TELEGRAMRECEIVED AT DELIVERY No 1773 The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company (Incorporated) transmits and delivers this message subject to the terms and conditions printed on the back of this blackDESIGN PATENT No 40529 .Parwa Family PapersBancroft Library8sfnc 47-Muir Cal May 23-14W. E. Colby,2901 Charming Way,Berkeley, Cal.The news of dear Parsons death is a stunning blow to me though: your letter the other day was alarming. Give my sympathy to Mrs Parsons and her family and tell her that I am writing to her and will visit her as soon as I am able. J. Muir.

Location

[Martinez] Calif.

Date Original

1914 May 23

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir22_0321-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 22, Image 0321

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

Copyright Statement

The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html

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.

Copyright Holder

Muir-Hanna Trust

Copyright Date

1984

Pages

1 page

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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