Creator
Fay H. Sellers
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
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reading it. And Mr Muir as this is I believe your first book, I want you to do as all great authors do, viz. put your picture as a frontispiece in your book, and if you should deem my work satisfactory and worthy of the honor I would be much gratified, if you would use this picture.
Mr Sellers thinks my picture will make a very appropriate frontispiece as he says he knows
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Sept 24, 1894
[letterhead]
My dear Mr. Muir,
I received your letter and was so gratified to learn that you and Mrs Muir were pleased with the pictures. They are carbons and are quite hard to do successfully. There is but one man in the city who understands the process and he taught me. After many
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your book is the result of much study and deep thought and as the attitude in this photo is that of one in deep thought it will be quite apropos. Mr. Sellers and Frank join me in kind regards to Mrs. Muir and yourself and kisses for those dear little girls. I am very sincerely yours
Fay H. Sellers
Chicago. Sept 2/4/94
Will you send another list
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disappointments I succeeded in mastering it. Besides being much softer they are everlasing and will never fade. Those I sent are on celluloid but I also make them on porcelain. Will bring you one when we next go to California. I have been very ill, confined to my bed for a month and have not attempted any carbon work since, 'til the other day. I undertook to make the dozen for you but spoiled two in the process, and as we leave for the Club house in a few days, will not have time to remake them, so will send the ten at once. We are so glad to hear you have at last written a book, and shall look forward with anticipations of great pleasure and the acquisition of much knowledge in
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of the articles written by you? The one received was mislaid.
FH.S.
Location
Chicago, [Illinois]
Date Original
1894-09-24
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Sellers, Fay H., "Letter from Fay H. Sellers to John Muir, 1894 Sep 24." (1894). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6887.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6887
Resource Identifier
muir08_0403-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0403
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
