Creator
A. H. Sellers
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[letterhead]
Nov. 3, 1894
John Muir Esq
Martinez Cal
My dear friend,
We returned from our cottage at [Puckama?] Lake about a week ago & found your book and your kind letter of the 30th ult awaiting us both of which we were very glad to get. Our house has been since our return & is now full of company so that wife and I have not had time to more than glance over new book & as you say "it seems to read pretty well" & we both look forward with much pleasure to its perusal. Before going to the clubhouse (some six mnth ago) I had been very ill for 4 weeks & while I am now very much better, still do not feel the "best
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in the world so Fay says she is going to take me to California this winter. I hope we shall be able to come out about the first of January and as Fay says I always take her to Southern California & then give her only 3 or 4 days in San Francisco so this year she is going to take me to San Francisco first and to Southern Cal after she has seen San F--.
Remember us kindly to Mrs. Muir & the children not forgetting your dear "mother-in-law" as you used to call her.
Fay & Frank both join me in thanks for your book with kindest regards.
Fondly
[A?] H Sellers
Location
Chicago, [Illinois]
Date Original
1894-11-23
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Sellers, A. H., "Letter from A. H. Sellers to John Muir, 1894 Nov 23." (1894). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6921.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6921
Resource Identifier
muir08_0533-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0533
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
