Creator
N. D. Stebbins
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Santa Barbara [/Cala.?] Dec 15/82
My good friend Muir’
Your postal did not reach me till five days after date. After receiving it as you are away I telegraphed to know of your whereabouts - & found you at San Jose & probably would call on your return – I [xtended?] my ticket (ship) to the next Boat a day or two before leaving I visited the Nat[illegible] [illegible] Room then found Dr. Kellog. on my mentioning your name he said you had been in S.F. & took dinner with him. It would have been a [illegible] to see a man who a loving providence had watched over with such pert[illegible] & shield him from sudden death a thousand times
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or more. Mr Herbert [Spencer?] & his crowd might laugh with a sneer at such expressions – but I will glory in them. With warmest regards to Mrs Muir & a kiss for the lovely little daughter
Truly Ever your Friend N. D. Stibbins
PS. I hope in the future to do better on my next visit to [S. F.?]
N.D.S-
-A little more-say to Mrs Muir there was something in the telegram that made me feel towards her as an old familiar friend / I hope so rather than to be [illegible] [with her?]
N.D S
01087
Location
Santa Barbara, Cala.
Date Original
1882 Dec 15
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 12.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Stebbins, N. D., "Letter from N. D. Stebbins to John Muir, 1882 Dec 15." (1882). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 730.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/730
Resource Identifier
muir04_0951-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0950
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
