Creator
Katharine [Merrill] Graydon
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Oct 17, 1894
2530 College Ave.
Berkeley.
My dear Mr. Muir.
Thank you many, many times for coming on Saturday evening. I am gratified for the pleasure you gave to me and my friends. They have experienced themselves as having heard a talk never to be forgotten. What a way you have of delighting people!
I have regretted that some friends were unable to hear you as Profs Clapp, Bradley, Gayley, Le Conte, and Prof. Anderson from Palo Alto in whose family typhoid fever has had sway for six weeks. He wants
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find a copy. but it evidently was too early.
Again thanking you for this kindness as well as the note in which you speak of dear Janet and myself, I am
Sincerely yours,
Katharine Graydon
Oct. 17th '94
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to bring Dr. Flugel to meet you, and asked if I would and you if he might. Herein I ask!
I was awfully sorry you wandered about Berkeley in search of my abode. [illegible] why did you not let me send someone for you? I did not want to be neglectful of my valued guest.
The grapes arrived in delicious condition. Thank you for them.
I hope you are all well, and that Mrs. Streutzel improves. Give my love to the precious children. I hope to see them soon again.
Has the new book arrived? I sent into the Bookstore last evening, hoping I might
Location
Berkeley [Calif]
Date Original
1894-10-17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Graydon, Katharine Merrill, "Letter from Katharine [Merrill] Graydon to John Muir, 1894 Oct 17." (1894). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6897.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6897
Resource Identifier
muir08_0439-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0439
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
