Creator
Florence Boyce Davis
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[4]parcel post a few maple sugar cakes, which I hope you will enjoy.Thanking you for the pleasure your pen has given us, and wishing you many more happy, useful years, I amVery sincerely,Florence Boyce Davis.Waitsfield, Vermont,July 22, 1914.[1] July 22 1914Mr. John Muir,Martinez Cal.My dear Mr. Muir:I have just finished reading John Muir's Boyhood and Youth. I have seldom enjoyed a book so much, and I think you will pardon my taking the liberty to write and tell you so. I was telling one of our neighbors about the book, and remarked05800
[2]that I would like to know John Muir. She smiled, and in her quiet way replied, "you would like him". "Oh", I said, "did you ever see him?" This time she laughed softly, and said; "Oh yes; he has trotted me on his knee".This neighbor is Mrs. Gertrude Hutchings Mills, formerly of Yosemite, who, with her husband and boys, came to Vermont seven years ago. They live[3]on a large farm, have three bright boys, and seem quite contented here among our green mountains. Mrs. Mills is one of the finest women we have ever met, and it was a pleasure to have her tell us about the "True man of California", whose writings appeal to us strongly - not only because we love trees, but because you love them, and interpret them so truly.I am sending you by
Location
Waitsfield, Vermont
Date Original
1914 Jul 22
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 26 cm.
Recommended Citation
Davis, Florence Boyce, "Letter from Florence Boyce Davis to John Muir, 1914 Jul 22." (1914). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6596.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6596
Resource Identifier
muir22_0485-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 22, Image 0485
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
