Creator
Mary L.Swett
Recipient
[Louie] Muir
Transcription
[in margin: 900]
[Aug. 2, 1883]
My Dear Mrs. Muir,
John tells me it is no use and I don’t know but he is right, but how I do wish you would surprise us all by coming down to the Con[illegible] Celebration and if you could bring John Muir and Mrs. Strentzel I have room for all and then little Wanda would feel perfectly at home. If you will say positively that you will come I will see about getting a window somewhere on Kearney or Market St so we can sit and see the procession comfortable – The exercises will
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last about three days but I would of course be glad to have you come a day or two earlier and stay as long as you could after – Now if you cannot come or do not care to [deleted: do so] cannot you persuade Mrs. Strentzel to do so – O I should enjoy it so much to have her here to go with us to the “doings” I see by tonight’s paper that Judge Lynch got “stood up” by a highwayman – and glad was I that it turned out as well as it did – Please send me word when John comes down Sunday night if you can and oblige
Yours cordially Mary L. Swett.
Aug. 2, 1883.
Location
[place unknown]
Date Original
1883 Aug 2
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Swett, Mary L., "Letter from Mary L.Swett to [Louie] Muir, 1883 Aug 2." (1883). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 757.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/757
Resource Identifier
muir04_1089-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 1088
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
