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Letter From John Muir To [C. Hart] Merriam, 1901 Dec 31., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [C. Hart] Merriam, 1901 Dec 31., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Martinez, Bee. 31, 1901.
My dear Merriam,
Happy New Tear to yon all. Hay it be as mountainous and good as the last.
The grand lot of beautiful pictures I have already acknowledged in a letter that seems to have gone astray. Many of these photos are the best I have ever seen of the Sierra. I am sorely troubled about my publishers failing to give credit to photographers as I directed and although I carefully wrote the makers name on every photograph I sent them. Not only this but in an advertisement they sent out they say that the …
Letter From Mina Merrill To John Muir, [1901?] Dec 29., Mina Merrill
Letter From Mina Merrill To John Muir, [1901?] Dec 29., Mina Merrill
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
425 II. Capital Ave.,[ ]
December 29th, [1901?]
Our good friend,
Your beautiful book came on Christmas and the gift touched me very much. It would have been dear Sister Kate's, I know, and I could see her smile and almost hear her expressions of pleasure over your kind remembrance. I am reading it now with great interest. I have always loved trees. They are our friends almost as much as human beings. Certainly we depend upon their beauty as much as anything God has made. The monarchs you tell of thrill and inspire one. The world is very beautiful, …
Letter From Mary [Muir] To [Daniel H.] Muir, 1901 Dec 29., Mary Muir
Letter From Mary [Muir] To [Daniel H.] Muir, 1901 Dec 29., Mary Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Kearney, Neb.
Dec. 29. 1901.
Dr. Muir, -
My precious brother,
A few days ago I received a letter from Jessie - telling of your sickness - She states that you are slowly recovering - I am glad indeed to know this - but so sorry that you have been caused such great suffer-
[suffer-] -ing - . I shall be very anxious to hear again; you have been much in my mind these days - but I am hoping that full recovery will come to you and come soon. I hear that Emma is some improved in health I …
Letter From Will G. Steel To John Muir, 1901 Dec 26., Will G. Steel
Letter From Will G. Steel To John Muir, 1901 Dec 26., Will G. Steel
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[letterhead]
Dec. 26. 1901
John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.,
My Dear Mr. Muir:-
Your beautiful present to the club came to [hand?] last evening and I want to express to you our deep appreciation and heartfelt thanks. Sometime ago I resigned as Corresponding Secretary and am now holding no office, but, will forward the book to the proper official, who will doubtless tender the "official" thanks, but, they won't be any more hearty than mine.
Sincerely Your Friend,
Will G. Steel
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Letter From J[Oseph] E[Dward] Stubbs To John Muir, 1901 Dec 26., Joseph Edward Stubbs
Letter From J[Oseph] E[Dward] Stubbs To John Muir, 1901 Dec 26., Joseph Edward Stubbs
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
great loss this year In the death of her father, one of the most highly esteemed men in this State. Indeed, he was a rare man, and his death is not only a blow to his family but is a serious loss to all the higher interests of Nevada.
Wishing you the compliments of the season, I am, with high esteem,
Very sincerely yours,
J. E. Stubbs
Lecture Miss Martin
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
NEVADA STATE UNIVERSITY
RENO, NEVADA, Dec. 26, '01
Mr. John. Muir,
Martinez, California.
Dear Sir:
Referring to your very kind letter of October 15th, I beg to advise …
Letter From John Muir To [Vernon] Bailey, 1901 Dec 24., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [Vernon] Bailey, 1901 Dec 24., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
(Original in possession of Mrs. Florence Merriam Bailey)
Martines, Dec. 24, 1901.
Dear Mr.Bailey:
Many thanks for the home pictures with your wife and self at work, and for your kind letter. It is delightful to see one's friends so happy and so comfortably homed. With all my heart I wish you a happy Nev Year, and am,
Ever faithfully yours,
(Signed) JOHN MUIR
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Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1901 Dec 24., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1901 Dec 24., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[in circle: 75] See last p. Credit to [Lahura?] for originating the Yosemite scheme and pushing it through [1901]
Martinez, Dec. 24, 1901
My dear Johnson.
I've been brooding over that Colorado Canyon article It is a grand subject but my ignorance is distressing I spent a day or two on its rim at the deepest portion & where the views were probably the most telling & marvellous of all; & I spent a day going down to the bottom of it Going by way of Flagstaff by stage. & spending a day on the interesting San Francisco mountains. Now …
Letter From John Muir To [F. Bailey] Millard, 1901 Dec 24., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [F. Bailey] Millard, 1901 Dec 24., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Martinez, Dec. 24, 1901
Dear Mr Millard
Your fine & Kind & wide open telling letter makes me all the more glad & anxious to meet you. Many thanks for it. come as soon as you can & bring your wife. Mrs Muir also is anxious to see you Let us know what train you will take & I'll meet you at the station. Muir station is on the side of our ranch a few minutes walk from the house The morning train leaves the city, I think, at 7.20. I must try to get to Larkspur some time, though …
Letter From John Muir To [William Keith], 1901 Dec 23., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [William Keith], 1901 Dec 23., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Martinez, Dec. 23, 1901
Dear Willie -
The girls report you sick abed with cold. I hope it is nothing serious & that you'll soon be out again. Take no medicine, keep warm, & read my book & all will be well. Send me a line & let me know how you come on & how Mr Wooster is. I trust you will have a happy Christmas & New Year for a' that. I had a letter from Charlie Sawyer today, he is coming up soon. He is proud of his redwood picture.
Ever truly yours
John Muir
Letter From Charlotte Hoffmann To Mrs. Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1901 Dec 23, Charlotte Hoffmann
Letter From Charlotte Hoffmann To Mrs. Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1901 Dec 23, Charlotte Hoffmann
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Merry Christmas! Mrs. Muir, And a very Happy New Year! It seems so good to have time to say Merry Christmas to one’s friends, and to enjoy the holiday season. And I am sure no one enjoys it more than I. School closed on Friday and I expect to finish my papers to-morrow so that I will have time on Tuesday to carry out a little surprise I have planned for the family. I am going to fill a stocking for each one and hang them up on Christmas Eve. It will be such fun, watching the discoveries in the …
Letter From A. Ross Matheson To John Muir, 1901 Dec 23., A. Ross Matheson
Letter From A. Ross Matheson To John Muir, 1901 Dec 23., A. Ross Matheson
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[letterhead]
Dec 23rd 1901
Dear friend Muir,
This afternoon while doing my Christmas shopping, I picked up a volume "Our National Parks by John Muir". I read a few pages and was quite convinced it was my friend of Auld Lang Syne. I have read more of it and have been very much pleased It is a very interesting work. I purchased on copy for my youngest son and one for a friend who is largely interested in Western R.R.ds and who has travelled extensively in the parks of the West. The long gap spanning the time since I last …
Letter From John Muir To Anna H. Martin, 1901 Dec 22., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Anna H. Martin, 1901 Dec 22., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
MARTIN, ANNE Henrietta Papers
MS 1411
Martinez, Dec 22, 1901 -
My dear Miss Martin
I am proud of my Sierra Club girls & of course you were not forgotten I was just about to post a copy of my last book to you when your letter & book came. So now you have two Mr Colby was up from the City today to plan next Years outing for the Club. I hope it will prove as pleasant as our first was. With kind regards & good wishes for the New Year I am
faithfully yours John Muir
Letter From Susanne F. Tyndale To [Joseph ?] Pickard, 1901 Dec 22., Susanne F. Tyndale
Letter From Susanne F. Tyndale To [Joseph ?] Pickard, 1901 Dec 22., Susanne F. Tyndale
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
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taste in common is a fresh bond - [revealer?] forming a sort of platform for meeting ever after.
Not that I wish to feel sure that I gauge your pre-occupations - you are well protected by being so far-away - but you know we have to construct our friends & their personalities, as the scientist often must the fossil animal - from a single bone -
But after all, nothing in life is [in margin: 376] so satisfactory as that mysterious relation discovered in the possession of a single enthusiasm & the possibility of friendly intercourse which develops out …
Letter From P. A. Doran To John Muir, 1901 Dec 21., P. A. Doran
Letter From P. A. Doran To John Muir, 1901 Dec 21., P. A. Doran
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
San Francisco Dec 21st, 1901.
Professor John Muir,
Martinez,
My dear Professor,
I beg to acknowledge receipt of you new book for which I thank you. I shall take it with me this voyage, and have the pleasure of a stroll through the forests while on the dark blue. Trusting you are all well, and with kindest regards to Wanda and Helen, and best wishes for a Happy New Year I am
Respectfully yours
P. A. Doran.
2110 Union St.
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Letter From John Muir To Henry Randall, 1901 Dec 20., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To Henry Randall, 1901 Dec 20., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Martinez, California
Dec. 20, 1901 -
My dear Harry Randall.
I'm delighted to hear from you & get a sketch of you life, though a meagre one, in the long eventful years since our Yosemite days. I have no lack of friends & have acquaintances in every rank almost everywhere nowadays, but I never forget old friends, & those of early pioneer days in the grand Sierra are my especial delight. I have often wondered where you were & how the battle of life was going with you. I remember you took a great liking to Mr Hamilton the carpenter …
Letter From John Muir To [Melville Best ] Anderson, 1901 Dec 20., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [Melville Best ] Anderson, 1901 Dec 20., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Martinez Dec. 20, 1901
Dear Prof Anderson
I don't care to see proof of my memorial of blessed Miss Merrill & have not the slightest objection to having it edited to correspond with the volume as a [whole?] Indeed I know now that my [love?] & admiration caused me to write in too full & overloaded style for publication & I shall be glad to have it cut down. I was just thinking of sending you [illegible]er's [illegible] [illegible] [but?] as to gratitude [illegible] [illegible] [would?] [illegible] from us for your & Dr Flugels visit which charmed & delighted us …
Letter From [Frances & Jesse Burks] To [John Muir], [Ca. 1901 Dec 20]., Frances Burks, Jesse Burks
Letter From [Frances & Jesse Burks] To [John Muir], [Ca. 1901 Dec 20]., Frances Burks, Jesse Burks
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Jesse Williston Burks
Born December 20, 1901
With greetings from
Frances Williston Burks
Jesse Dismu[kes?] Burks
Pleasant memories of the
Summer evenings in the high Sierra
557 W. 124 Street
New York
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Letter From David S. Jordan To John Muir, 1901 Dec 20., David S. Jordan
Letter From David S. Jordan To John Muir, 1901 Dec 20., David S. Jordan
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Stanford,
Dec. 20 - 1901.
My dear Muir:
Please accept my sincere thanks for your very kind remembrance. I shall read the book as I read everything of yours with the pleasure one gets from the "real thing" in literature or science. I have long meant to visit you at Martinez - long meant to insist on your visiting me
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here. Can you not come soon? I won't ask you to lecture.
Cordially yours,
David S. Jordan
Letter From John Muir To [Annie ] Bidwell, [1901 Dec 19]., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [Annie ] Bidwell, [1901 Dec 19]., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[First draft of letter, in note-book #59] (27)
(27)[Dec., 19 1901]
Dear Mrs. Bidwell:
It is delightful to see your handwriting once more and to know you are growing strong again. Our Heavenly Father be praised, dear friend, that you have come through so great and manifold trials with strength renewed, fresh in heart, with sympathy as fine and far-reaching as when first I saw you long years ago with your noble husband and Sir Joseph [Hooker], and the blessed Asa Gray. I've wandered far since then in Florida, Canada, Alaska, through the mountains and forests on both sides of …
Letter From John Muir To [Annie ] Bidwell, 1901 Dec 19., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [Annie ] Bidwell, 1901 Dec 19., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Martinez, Dec. 19, 1901
Dear Mrs Bidwell,
It is delightful to see your handwriting once more & read your messages. Our Heavenly Father be praised my dear friend that you have been led through so great & manifold trials with strength renewed, fresh in heart with sympathies as quick & farreaching as when first we met long years ago with your noble husband & sister, Sir Joseph & blessed Asa Gray & his wife. Ive wandered far since then through forests & moutains on both sides of the Continent but to none of my excursions do I look back with …
Letter From Charles [A.] Keeler To John Muir, 1901 Dec 19 ., Charles A. Keeler
Letter From Charles [A.] Keeler To John Muir, 1901 Dec 19 ., Charles A. Keeler
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Ridge Road and Highland Place
Berkeley, Cal. December 19 1901
My dear Mr. Muir: -
It was most thoughtful of you to send me a copy of you new book. Many of the beautiful essays which it contains I have read with real delight in the magazines, but now I shall take an added pleasure in meeting them between the covers of your book. You are doing a noble work in sending people to the hills and groves; in opening their eyes to the beauties of all living things which lie about
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them, and in teaching them to know …
Letter From John Muir To C. J. K. Jones, 1901 Dec 18., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To C. J. K. Jones, 1901 Dec 18., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
1901, Dec 18
Martinez, Cal. Dec. 18, 1901.
[Rev?] C. J. K. Jones
Dear Sir:
Your kind letter reached me a few days ago by way of Boston. As to writing more books I have another on hand at present & three or four in mind which I'll complete if I live long enough. Hunting Big Redwoods you will find in "Our Parks," under another title - The former is the Atlantic Editors title, not mine. Stickeen I suppose will go into an Alaska book I hope to write - [Many?] wish it printed by itself - Glad you are …
Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1901 Dec 18., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1901 Dec 18., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
as to Mrs. Carrs treatment in last days
Martinez Dec. 18, 1901
Dea Mr Lukens
I was shocked by the news in your last letter as to the treatment of poor Mrs Carr by her Keeper - I thought of going at once to see her legal guardian, but since I knew no one in Templeton I felt I could not be useful in finding a proper Keeper. Surely the guardian can have no difficulty in doing this duty. I hope the news is not true or at least will prove greatly exaggerated. Anyhow she must be faithfully cared for …
Letter From John Muir To [C. Hart] Merriam, 1901 Dec 18., John Muir
Letter From John Muir To [C. Hart] Merriam, 1901 Dec 18., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
Martinez, Cal. Dec. 18, 1901.
My dear Merriam
Many thanks for the big lot of magnificent photographs far the best I think you have ever done. Cathedral Peak from the lake, the Tuolumne Monument, Lake Tenaya, the two Hetch Hetchy views, Tuolumne Cascades, are far the best I ever saw. The Cassiope among the bowlders is charming, so are many other flowery foregrounds and tree studies. Where is that patch of dwarf pine with the children nestling in it? The picture of yourself is splendid. You have managed to make even our old square house and dry surroundings look grand. …
Letter From W[Illiam] B[Elmont] Parker To John Muir, 1901 Dec 17., William Belmont Parker
Letter From W[Illiam] B[Elmont] Parker To John Muir, 1901 Dec 17., William Belmont Parker
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
December 17, 1901.
Dear Mr. Muir,
Can you satisfy the curiosity of one of our friends as to the authorship of the verses that stand at the head of the first chapter of your book? You will be glad to learn that the book is meeting with success, and I hope you are considering kindly our suggestion concerning your autobiography.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. John Muir.
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Letter From Henry Randall To John Muir, 1901 Dec 15., Henry Randall
Letter From Henry Randall To John Muir, 1901 Dec 15., Henry Randall
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[4]
Wives is it by death or? and you spoke about Cosy but did not mention Flora. Does that Cabbin still stand that you and I built and lived in so long? how well I rember the time you and I started for the plains when we went down the river trail and I als distinctly remember the morning we left Delaneys ranch to go into the Valley it was a tough trip but it did not hurt us any did it John J M Hutchings wan't much of a man I can see it now but you I did …
Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1901 Dec 13., Robert Underwood Johnson
Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1901 Dec 13., Robert Underwood Johnson
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
December 13, 1901.
R. W. GILDER, EDITOR.
R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
C. C. BUEL,
ASSISTANT EDITOR.
My dear Muir:
I have forgotten whether I asked you in any of my recent letters Aether you were likely to be able to go down to the Colorado canon this winter before writing the article. I think I told you that Maxfield Parrish, whose drawings in the December number you have no doubt seen, is delighted with his visit to the canon, and I think you and he together would make an ideal team.
I am very sorry to hear that Clarence …
Letter From Cha[Rle]S H. Allen To John Muir, 1901 Dec 12., Charles H. Allen
Letter From Cha[Rle]S H. Allen To John Muir, 1901 Dec 12., Charles H. Allen
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
San Jose Post Office.
OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER.
SANTA CLARA CO., CAL., December 12. 1901
My Dear Muir:
Thanks for the book but more for the kind words for "Auld lang syne." The book I could have bought, but no fellow could have bought the words. I have Just tasted its flavor and it is fine. We shall all enjoy it hugely.
By the way, d'ye mind the splendid boy at 1844 St. Charles street, Alameda? He is as fine a fellow as you would see in a years search. And you have never seen him! He Rejoices in the …
Letter From Roman A. Crane To John Muir, 1901 Dec 12., Roman A. Crane
Letter From Roman A. Crane To John Muir, 1901 Dec 12., Roman A. Crane
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
25 Mattoon St
Springfield, Mass
Dec 12 - 1901.
Mr John Muir
Dear Sir
I wish to thank you for the pleasure I have received from perusal of your book about "Our National Parks". I had read some of the articles as they came out in the "Atlantic", and was glad to see them published so handsomely in book form. I have lately had from our city library the two beautiful volumes about the Harriman expedition to Alaska, and have read them with much interest.
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[in margin: Roman A. Crane 333
Springfield]
I place Mr Burroughs and yourself with …
Letter From Eliza Munro To John Muir, 1901 Dec 10., Eliza Munro
Letter From Eliza Munro To John Muir, 1901 Dec 10., Eliza Munro
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
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by Olef Ellison, I have read it again and again with delight I am going to take it with your letter etc, to a lady, an old and valued friend of your fathers and who is very familiar with your writings. She spent a Winter in California a few years ago, and was in San Francisco and much regretted that she did not see you. Our family doctor who was resident Physician at the General Hospital often speaks of your father saying how much he was liked both by the hospital Staff and patients. But I fear I am …