Creator
M[ary] M[c]H[enry] Keith
Recipient
[Louie Strentzel] Muir
Transcription
Berkeley, April 19th
Dear Mrs. Muir,
I received your kind note this evening. I accept with pleasure. About the Scotland trip, I think it a fine idea and especially for Mr. Muir. If he dont go he will be sure to go to that horrid
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Alaska, and perhaps climb that strap big mountain, that has never been climbed and you know how daring he is. As for Mr. Keith, I am sure it will do him good, and increase his reputation as it will that of Mr. Muir. Give my love to your mother, and we shall have a fine walk, tell Wanda and Helen.
Aff[[illegible]
Your friend
M. McH. Keith
P.S. Dear Mr. Muir How old is Johnnie? it has been a source of great study with me & I am interested to know how many decades he is older than
Yours truly,
[Wm?] Keith
Mrs. Keith suggests that we walk thro Scotland in Kilts & I [add?] on stilts, with R[illegible] on stilts, I rather like the idea
Location
Berkeley [Calif.]
Circa Date
[1893] Apr 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 23 cm.
Recommended Citation
Keith, Mary McHenry, "Letter from M[ary] M[c]H[enry] Keith to [Louie Strentzel] Muir, [1893 ?] Apr 19." (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 893.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/893
Resource Identifier
muir07_0922-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0922
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
