Creator
Mary E. B. Norton
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[in margin: Lecture invitation Chatagua - Pacific Grove Miss Norton]
01100
[1]
San Jose, March 22. 1883
John Muir,
Martinez Cala
Dear Sir,
I have the honor of informing you that the Executive Committee of the Pacific Branch of the C.L.S.C. tender you an invitation to address the Summer Assembly which opens on the evening of July 4th and continues nine days, at Pacific Grove, Monterey. If you knew how many friends and admirers you would meet there, I am sure you would not say nay.
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[in margin: [3] Mrs Muir and the little one. My brother sends kind regards and hopes you will not disappoint us. With kindest remembrances to Mrs Muir, I am Very Truly Yours, Mary E.B. Norton. Sec. of the Pacific Branch of C.L.S.C.]
[2]
We hope to have a very large meeting, and a very good time, but it will not be perfect unless our, [poet-prophet?] will come and bring with him the inspirations of mountain, and glacier, and forest. We will send you R.R. passes, and give you the best hospitality that Pacific Grove can offer, if you will let us introduce John Muir, to his friends from all parts of the Pacific Coast. Of course we hope for a lecture, but the friends of science and Literature want to see the man. Come and bring
Location
San Jose [Calif.]
Date Original
1883 Mar 22
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Norton, Mary E. B., "Letter from Mary E. B. Norton to John Muir, 1883 Mar 22." (1883). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 746.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/746
Resource Identifier
muir04_1035-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 1034
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
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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
