Creator
Mary Frances Kellogg
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[4]all kinds of flower-roots & bulbs. I do hope they will live.I spent part of Sunday and Monday at Carmel by-the-sea, with Ellen, who is there taking painting lessons, under the direction of Wm. Chase, the portrait painter.I hope you are keeping comfortably cool in your study, but I am very sure you are working too closely. Please think of yourself as well as of your work.Affectionately your friendMary Frances Kellogg[1][letterhead]Aug. 6, 1914Dear Muir:Your kind letter regarding Dorothy's marriage reached me day before yesterday. She is not yet married, however, nor is the wedding date set, but it is planned vaguely for some time in November. You will receive an invitation, I know, & at that time I shall be very glad to do as you ask about the05812
[2]getting of a present from you, but would appreciate it if you would hint at some article. Of course, it is too soon to get it yet.It is hard for me to realize that Dorothy is engaged. She has always seemed to all of us so much a child. She and Dr. McKellar expect to live with Dorothy's mother and father for a year or so, until they build in South Pasadena.[3]We reached San Francisco July 30, William & I having come out with an advance party of about 20, on day earlier than the majority. The trip was all so beautiful, that I began longing for more as soon as I had gotten a few warm baths and washed my hair, and had two or three long nights' sleep. The last 60 or 70 miles I had packed on extra 9 or 10 pounds on my back, consisting of an empty dried-beef tin filled with earth & planted full of
Location
Pasadena, Calif.
Date Original
1914 Aug 6
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 26.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Kellogg, Mary Frances, "Letter from Mary Frances Kellogg to John Muir, 1914 Aug 6." (1914). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6610.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6610
Resource Identifier
muir22_0535-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 22, Image 0535
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
