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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1912 Dec 31., Robert Underwood Johnson
Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1912 Dec 31., Robert Underwood Johnson
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
EDITORIAL-DEPARTMENTTHE CENTURY-MAGAZINUNION-SQUARE-NEW-YORKROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON.EDITOR.CLARENCE CLOUGH BUEL,ASSOCIATE EDITOR.CABLE ADDRESS:"CENTURY,NEW-YORK."December 31st,1912Dear Muir:-Happy New Year:I've sent Secretary Fisher a copy of this letter from Mayor Whitlock and it has heen given to the Engineers' Commission.Faithfully yours[illegible]Mr.John Muir,Martinez, Cal.[05337]
Letter From Helen M. Leconte To John Muir, 1912 Dec 31., Helen M. Leconte
Letter From Helen M. Leconte To John Muir, 1912 Dec 31., Helen M. Leconte
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Berkeley, December 31st, 1912.Dear Mr. Muir:It argues that you are a fond Grandpapa as well as a writer of winder-books, when you remember the little children of your friends.They, through me, thank you so much for the lovely golden wheels that father and mother would not let them roll about.You will see that the good Scotch strain shows in the youngsters, inherited from both Grandmothers (Nisbet and Malcolm by name) when I tell you that they put the pretty playthings in their respective banks.We, the older ones, are very appreciative of the kind thought that comes with the valuable gift, …
Letter From Charles N. Elliot To John Muir, 1912 Dec 30., Charles N. Elliot
Letter From Charles N. Elliot To John Muir, 1912 Dec 30., Charles N. Elliot
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
CHARLES N. ELLIOT ARCHITECT325 FAILING BUILDINGPORTLAND, OREGONDecember 30,1912.Dear Mr.Muir:-Thank you for your kind letter of the 24th inst. and for your generous offer to see that I obtain a copy of your tribute to E.H.Harriman. I would greatly appreciate your assistance in this, as I fear otherwise,I will not be able to get a copy.I had our City Librarian send for a copy for the Library,and when it came,read it with great interest..I did not ask her (Miss.Isom,our Librarian) to try for a copy for me,as I did not like to get one by round-about methods.Doubleday,Page & Co..however,have the little …
Letter From Carrie Fay Baxley To John Muir, 1912 Dec 29., Carrie Fay Baxley
Letter From Carrie Fay Baxley To John Muir, 1912 Dec 29., Carrie Fay Baxley
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[in margin: Death of Jerome Fay.]3226 King St., So. BerkeleyDec. 29, 1912Mr. John Muir,My dear Sir:Christmas-day a telegram came to us from Jerome Fay of Siskiyou County that he was ill, his brother, Charley Fay of South Berkeley (my uncle) left for Gazelle that evening. Friday afternoon uncle Jerome and uncle Charley left there for Berkeley. Saturday morning Dec. 28th as the train left Redding uncle Jerome breathed his last, he has suffered for many years with heart-disease and with the effects of the relapse at Christmas time and the excitement of the trip here he had not the reserve …
Letter From John Muir To [Charles Dwight] Willard, [1912 Dec 29]., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [Charles Dwight] Willard, [1912 Dec 29]., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[Rough draft of letter found in envelope dated Dec. 29, 1912].[Jan., 1913].[Charles Dwight Willard] Dear Mr. Willard:I treasure your noble letter as the best ofmy New Year blessings. I have been one of your many admirersfrom the first day we met, and admiration has been growing ever greater as I saw how bravely you held on your way againstdeadly odds, digging hard and deep for bed-rock foundations,making ladders out of disease and pain, climbing higher into thecalm heights of life, like God's strong aspiring pine trees,going straight to the heavens, nourished by their own decaying branches andleaves. The lesson of …
Letter From John Muir To [Katharine Hooker?], 1912 Dec [28]., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [Katharine Hooker?], 1912 Dec [28]., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
The Den on the HillDecember [28] 1912Dear Twins:Your gifts--involucre, corolla and book arrived in fine order, and they are mkaing my den shine and my head blossom like your Los Angeles barden. hopefully foreshadowing a happy new Year for your friendJohn MuirHappy New Year! (1912)Katharine Hooker3277 Pacific Ave.San Francisco, Cal.
Letter From Houghton Mifflin Co. To John Muir, 1912 Dec 28., Houghton Mifflin Co.
Letter From Houghton Mifflin Co. To John Muir, 1912 Dec 28., Houghton Mifflin Co.
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[ILLEGIBLE] 449 December 28, 1912.Dear Mr. Muir, We send you enclosed proofs of the illustrations to "The Story of My Boyhood and Youth". Will you be kind enough to supply us with mottoes for these, and return them as soon as possible? Very truly yours, Houghton Mifflin Company.Mr. John Muir. FHA/B38
Letter From John Muir To W. H. Watkins, 1912 Dec 26., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To W. H. Watkins, 1912 Dec 26., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Martinez Dec 26, 1912Mr W. H. WatkinsBoonville Cal.Dear Sir:In reply to your kind letter of Dec. 23d I can only refer you to my books, "The Mountains of California" "Our National Parks," "Stickeen," "My First Summer in the Sierra," "Yosemite," and to the first volume of my autobiography "My Boyhood & Youth" which will be published soon. and to parts of it which were published in the November and December numbers of the Atlantic Monthly. Others will appear in the January and Feb. numbers.With best New year wishesFaithfully yoursJohn Muir
Letter From Charles Dwight Willard To [John Muir], 1912 Dec 25., Charles Dwight Willard
Letter From Charles Dwight Willard To [John Muir], 1912 Dec 25., Charles Dwight Willard
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
CHARLES DWIGHT WILLARDLOS ANGELES El Arco, San Rafael Heights, December 25th, 1912.My dear Friend:A man who is well, and able to get about, is allowed the happiness of meeting his friends at intervals, but one who is tied down by long illness, as I am, may see only those that come to him. As I live in rather an inaccessible spot, and as I am not always strong enough to see people, the number I actually meet is small, and tends perhaps to grow less. Yet there never was a time in my life when I felt more dependent on …
Letter From Alden Sampson To John Muir, 1912 Dec 24., Alden Sampson
Letter From Alden Sampson To John Muir, 1912 Dec 24., Alden Sampson
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
The Century Association7 West Forty-Third St.New York,24 Dec. '12.Dear Mr. Muir:Many thanks for your polite letter which has just reached me. I think I tried to do what I could; as for producing any effect upon the Secy. of the Interior, I do not know,- and we must face the possibility that he is inclined to give S.F. the grant, after she shall have purchased Spring Valley.Secy. Stimson is a personal friend of mine. I have had copied out for him to read the newspaper comments presented in the Sierra Club Brief, 18pp. in all, and I sent him yesterday …
Letter From Clara Barrus To [John Muir], 1912 Dec 23., Clara Barrus
Letter From Clara Barrus To [John Muir], 1912 Dec 23., Clara Barrus
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
"Woodby", Pelham, NY., December 23, 1912.My dear Scootcher-loving Scot,I've been following you -with delight through all the experiences of your boyhood in Scotland and in the wilderness. How vivid it all is! How it explains you. Such lads! fighting, and even in their games flogging one another! Yet tender hearted withal. My heart warmed to your poor bereft grandfather - I wish you had told us more about him.It was quite a "scootcher" for your father to pick up and come with you lads to America, but I'm glad he did it. And you've been seeking out "scootchers" ever since.Mr. …
Letter From John Muir To Parsons [Family], 1912 Dec 22., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Parsons [Family], 1912 Dec 22., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Martinez, Dec. 22, 1912Dear Mr & Mrs ParsonsWith all my heart I wish you a happy New Year. And encouraged by your kindness I venture to request that with enclosed check you get a dozen five dollar gold pieces and give one of them to Frances Peterson, one to the Gorrels child, one to each of Colby's two children, & to each of Prof Jos LeConte's two, & to each of Charlie Keelers three, & one to his friend Simmons? girl who with her father & mother camped with Charlie in Yosemite years ago. and one to each of the …
Letter From John Muir To Miss [Mary Francis] Kellogg 1912 Dec 22, John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Miss [Mary Francis] Kellogg 1912 Dec 22, John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Martinez Dec 22, 1912 Dear Miss Kellogg: With all my heart I wish you a happy New Year. I’ve been in Berkeley three weeks with a typewriter getting Alaska notes copied and am now at work on them in my lonely old den. Of that better den we spoke of to stand near your home on the hillside I think and dream every day. But moving such a lot of old and new things especially before I have all my notes duplicated seems a desperate job. The best thing about the trip to the next world is there will be …
Letter From John Muir To Kellogg [Family], 1912 Dec 22., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Kellogg [Family], 1912 Dec 22., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Martinez, Dec. 22, 1912Dear Kelloggs threeWith all my heart I wish you a happy New Year.Your happy home as I saw it last month has made my lonely den shine and all my fine days finerPray tell me what I can send to little love jewel Jean.Ever your friendJohn Muir
Letter From Asa K. Mcilhaney To John Muir, 1912 Dec 21., Asa K. Mcilhaney
Letter From Asa K. Mcilhaney To John Muir, 1912 Dec 21., Asa K. Mcilhaney
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Bath, Pennsylvania,Dec. 21, 1912Mr. John Muir,Martinez, Cal.My dear Sir,I have just spent a delightful afternoon in reading your Reminiscences now running in the Atlantic Monthly, and look forward with pleasure for the the forthcoming issues. I have been an ardent lover and student of nature all my life, consequently I cannot help but appreciate your articles.My home is in the eastern part of Pennsylvania, in a section of country settled by the Ulster-Scot as early as 1728. These people were very religious and patriotic and furnished Washington with many of his best officers during the American Revolution. As frontiersmen they …
Letter From Lawrence Martin To John Muir, 1912 Dec 21., Lawrence Martin
Letter From Lawrence Martin To John Muir, 1912 Dec 21., Lawrence Martin
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[letterhead]Dec 21, 1912Dear Mr Muir,Thank you very much for the fine photograph of yourself which you have been kind enough to send me. I shall prize it most highly all my life.Next summer when the International Geological Congress meets in Canada they are to have a long excursion into the Northwest in connection with which they have allowed me to arrange and be the guide for a glacial excursion. This will start from Skagway on September 12 (after the party returns from the Klondike) and will go by special steamer for a five days trip to Muir Glacier, Yakutat Bay, …
Letter From Alice [Spencer Hooker Jones] To John Muir, 1912 Dec 21., Alice Spencer Hooker Jones
Letter From Alice [Spencer Hooker Jones] To John Muir, 1912 Dec 21., Alice Spencer Hooker Jones
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[letterhead]325 W. AdamsDec 21 1912My dearly Beloved John Muir,Oh! oh! How good of you to write me for our Christmas! So busy you are; The letter goes beside your picture which is in our country Sierra Madre home.You will think it lovely there, too. I know. In our planting, I am trying to remember a great deal about the aristocracy in the vegetable kingdom for you05324
The Larknight shades and pepper trees are outcasts. (you know)We go back and forth in our auto. It agrees with both of us being in the open air.Skylark JonesI shall be so anxious to …
Letter From Brand Whitlock To Robert Underwood Johnson, 1912 Dec 19., Brand Whitlock
Letter From Brand Whitlock To Robert Underwood Johnson, 1912 Dec 19., Brand Whitlock
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
COPYExecutive OfficesThe City of TolodoBrand Whitlock, [illegible]oyorAmbrose A. Moody, Vice MayorBernard Dailoy, Secretary19 December, 1912Robert Underwood Johnson, Esquire,Editor The Century Magazine, New York City.Dear Mr. Johnson:-After I left you the other day, recalling your interest the the water supply of San Francisco, I was sorry that I had not called your attention to what London is doing in this respect. As you no doubt know, the Metropolitan Water Board, which controls the water supply of Greater London, acquired the undertakings of eight metropolitan water companies which had supplied London with water before that time, at a total cost of nearly …
Letter From W[Illia]M H. Taft To John Muir, 1912 Dec 18., William H. Taft
Letter From W[Illia]M H. Taft To John Muir, 1912 Dec 18., William H. Taft
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
THE WHITE HOUSEWASH INGTONDecember 18, 1912My dear Mr. Muir:I warmly appreciate the friendly words of your letter of December 12th, and I thank you for writing them as well as for the good will which they manifest. I cordially reciprocate your good wishes and your holiday greetings.Sincerely yours,[illegible]John Muir, Esquire,Martinez, California.05323
Letter From Joseph Ginet 05, Jospeh Ginet
Letter From Joseph Ginet 05, Jospeh Ginet
Plaisance Ranch Winery Documents
Joseph Ginet writes to his friends about Christmas dinner invitations.
Letter From John Muir To Houghton Mifflin Co., 1912 Dec 17., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Houghton Mifflin Co., 1912 Dec 17., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
449Martinez, Dec. 17, 1912Houghton Mifflin CoBoston[in margin: [illegible]]Dear Sirs,I approve your Stickeen plan for Riverside Reader & return herewith copy of Stickeen.Also corrected proof of my boyhood with M.S.I don't care to see page proofs. but would like to see illustrations.I have no early portrait of myself.Faithfully YoursJohn Muir
Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir] & Buel [Funk], 1912 Dec 16., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir] & Buel [Funk], 1912 Dec 16., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Martinez Dec 16 / 12Dear Helen & Buel,I'm always glad to hear you are all well.The chk for Valona land sold by Mr George was received today. Be careful in selling land by acre through George as he wants to buy some himself & is apt to run down the price. The Urbick piece just sold, or rather five acres of it he said was not worth $200 or 40 per acre. I suppose you are attending to taxes.I can't find a jass[illegible] offshoot likely to grow. But Wanda thinks she has one. The other electric right of way not …
Letter From Maggie Rae Lunam To [John Muir], 1912 Dec 16., Maggie Rae Lunam
Letter From Maggie Rae Lunam To [John Muir], 1912 Dec 16., Maggie Rae Lunam
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[4]take a little leisure at Xmas time & go to Wanda's & Helen's & see all the little boys. With sincerest thanks & kind wishes for your Xmas timeBelieve me yours affectyMaggie Rae LunamExcuse a messy pen[1]WestfieldDunbarDecr 16th 1912Dear CousinWe have received your kind letter with the enclosed Money Order, it is indeed kind & mindful of you to cheer the poor of your native town & also to remember05320
[2]mother & I at Cmas time. I am very sorry to say Mother is very feeble does not get out of bed now I have had to get a woman …
Letter From G. H. Sayre To John Muir, 1912 Dec 13., G. H. Sayre
Letter From G. H. Sayre To John Muir, 1912 Dec 13., G. H. Sayre
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Baines AvenueSalisburyRhodesia13 Decr 1912Dear Professor MuirIt was most kind of you to send me a copy of your book "Stickeen" some months ago & I hope you will accept my apologies for the delay in expressing my thanks for the book & the kindly thought which prompted the sending of it. I have found it very interesting as have also many of my friends to whom it has been lent.I trust the remainder of your tour after we parted at [Umtali?] passed off pleasantly, & profitably from the scientific point of view & that some day you wil pay another …
Letter From John Muir To Howard Palmer, 1912 Dec 12., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Howard Palmer, 1912 Dec 12., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[Original in possession of Mr. Howard Palmer, Sec'y American Alpine Club, New London, Conn.]To Howard PalmerMartinez, Cal. December 12, 1912.Mr. Howard Palmer,Secretary American Aline Club, New London, Conn.Dear Sir:-At the National Parks conference in Yosemite valley last October, called by the Hon[orable] Sec[retary] of the Interior, comparatively little of importance was considered. The great question was "Shall automobiles be allowed to enter Yosemite", It overshadowed all others, and a prodigious lot of gaseous commercial eloquence was spent upon it by Auto-club delegates from near and far.The principal objection urged against the puffing machines was that on the steep Yosemite grades …
Letter From F[Rancies] J. G[Arrison] To John Muir, 1912 Dec 11., Francies J. Garrison
Letter From F[Rancies] J. G[Arrison] To John Muir, 1912 Dec 11., Francies J. Garrison
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY4 PARK STREET. BOSTONDec. 11, 1912John Muir, Esq.,Martinez, Calif.Dear Mr. Muir:We are sending you by this mail proof of the first five galleys in duplicate of the story of your boyhood and youth, and will ask you kindly to revise and return to us the blue pencilled set, keeping the other for yourself. We trust that you will find our divisions, chapter titles and captions satisfactory, but if not we [illegible]ll of course be glad to modify them as you think best. The remaining proofs will follow speedily, and we shall be glad to have them returned at …
Letter From G[Eorge] H[Arrison] Mifflin To John Muir, 1912 Dec 11., George Harrison Mifflin
Letter From G[Eorge] H[Arrison] Mifflin To John Muir, 1912 Dec 11., George Harrison Mifflin
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
EDITORIAL ROOMSHOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY4 PARK STREET . BOSTONDecember 11, 1912.John Muir, Esq.,Martinez, California.Dear Mr. Muir:You may have noticed, the announcements regarding our Riverside Readers that we are publishing for use in the schools. We are attempting to make these Readers just as attractive as possible to children, both from the point of view of their literary content and of their appearance. It is our hope that by means of these books a large number of children throughout the country will become better acquainted with the authors on our list and that this school acquaintance will lead later to the extensive …
Letter From John Muir To Parsons [Family], 1912 Dec 10., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Parsons [Family], 1912 Dec 10., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Martinez, MondayDec. 10, 1912Dear Mr & Mrs ParsonsIve got all my notebooks & half of the copy safe in the bank vault & I'm back in my lonely old work den trying to write, while I look back with pleasure at the happy weeks I spent at your hospitable high homeI'm sending with this the Nov. Atlantic you wantedWith all good wishes for the coming New YearI am faithfully gratefully yrsJohn Muir
Letter From Sarah [Muir Galloway] To [John Muir], 1912 Dec 7., Sarah Muir Galloway
Letter From Sarah [Muir Galloway] To [John Muir], 1912 Dec 7., Sarah Muir Galloway
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[4]friends and relatives in Detroit and also her daughter in Wisconsin.I shall hope to hear from you again some day and that you are well amid all of your taxing work.With kindest regardsI am affectionately Sarah.[1]Pacific Grove, CalifDecr 7th 1912My dear brother JohnDavid is home again and we were glad to see him. He brough news of the clan in the Valley, and we were glad to know that all were so well, for Bertha too was getting well. David also brought your kind remembrance, a gift to each one of us, and I send many thanks for mine and …
Letter From Fredric W. Goding To John Muir, 1912 Dec 7`., Fredric W. Goding
Letter From Fredric W. Goding To John Muir, 1912 Dec 7`., Fredric W. Goding
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[in margin: Goding]AMERICAN CONSULAR SERVICEMontevideo, Uruguay, Dec.7/12.Dear Mr. Muir:Please accept my sincere thanks for copy of your "Yosemite," which I have read with great pleasure. No could write such a description unless he loved the place; and the description of the valley on page 8 is one of the finest word pictures it has ever been my pleasure to read. The whole book is a continual series of happy surprises too facinating to leave until the last page has been reached.The copies sent in my care have been delivered to Mr. Conard, and to the Legation, awaiting the return of …