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Letter From Mina Merrill To [John Muir], [Ca. 1907 ?] Dec 29., Mina Merrill Dec 1907

Letter From Mina Merrill To [John Muir], [Ca. 1907 ?] Dec 29., Mina Merrill

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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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. This world is very beautiful, it seems as if

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425, N. Capital Ave

Our good Friend,

Your beautiful book came on Christmas and the gift touched me very much. It would have been dear Sister Katis I knew and I could see her smile and almost hear her expressions of pleasure over your kind remembrance. …


Letter From A. H. Sellers To John Muir, 1907 Dec 29., A. H. Sellers Dec 1907

Letter From A. H. Sellers To John Muir, 1907 Dec 29., A. H. Sellers

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

My house No is 320 West California St.

[letterhead]

Dec 29, 1907

Dear Mr Muir-

We were greatly shocked at what you wrote about poor Helen. The desert is an interesting place to visit but to be banished there for two years seems very hard. I did not answer your letter because I was trying to find some one who had acquaintances at Moh[illegible]- B[illegible] or some other "eating home town" on the desert, but so far have not succeeded. I met Lukens & he says he recomended you going to a ranch near Dagget, but I thought it would …


Letter From Anna H. Martin To John Muir, 1907 Dec 28., Anna H. Martin Dec 1907

Letter From Anna H. Martin To John Muir, 1907 Dec 28., Anna H. Martin

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

My dear Mr. Muir:

I know that I cannot sufficiently express my pleasure and pride in the last reunion on Christmas morning. So I shall not attempt to. But believe that I appreciate your kindness.
I am seriously considering forming a

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"Sierra Club annex" to my library, and in this annex my "National Parks" will bear the most honored place.
Looking forward to meeting you again sometime, if not in Reno, in the mountains, and with greetings to your family, believe me

Sincerely and Cordially yours,

Anna H. Martin.

Reno.

28 December 1907.


Letter From C. Hart Merrian To John Muir, 1907 Dec 28., C. Hart Merrian Dec 1907

Letter From C. Hart Merrian To John Muir, 1907 Dec 28., C. Hart Merrian

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

1919 - 16 St., Washington

Dec. 28, 1907.

My dear Mr Muir:

The California goodies which you so kindly sent to contribute to the Merriam-Bailey supply of nutrient just missed Christmas and timely are continuing the good cheer into the winter. We have just opened the nuts & raisins and have divided with the Baileys - who and [arrd.?] a few days before Xmas.
How is Helen? Have been intending to write ever since my return, but have been under great pressure of work here & also have had to go on 2 trips to New York & New Haven. …


Postcard From Annie K. Bidwell To John Muir, December 24, Circa 1900-1910, Annie K. Bidwell Dec 1907

Postcard From Annie K. Bidwell To John Muir, December 24, Circa 1900-1910, Annie K. Bidwell

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Mr. John Muir, Martinez, Cal. Dear friend, I passed a day with Sir Joseph and Lady Hooker last July and we talked much of you. Received a Christmas greeting from them yesterday. Sir Joseph was […] happy and Lady Hooker was beautiful and lovely. I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and happy New Year. Yours […] Annie K. Bidwell


Letter From Helen Greame Sperry To John Muir, 1907 Dec 23., Helen Greame Sperry Dec 1907

Letter From Helen Greame Sperry To John Muir, 1907 Dec 23., Helen Greame Sperry

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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came back through the Hetch-Hetchy.
O I do hope the people will be able to save it from the water companies
Mr. Sperry joins me in Christmas greetings to you and Helen, and may the new year bring you every happiness and prosperity

Very sincerely yours

Helen Greame Sperry.

December 23, 1907.

Berkeley. 2830 Der[illegible] St.

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My dear Mr. Muir-

First one thing then another has come to prevent Mr. Sperry and me from going to see you and Helen- and now hear through Mr. Keller that you are going to Arizona again Do you …


Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1907 Dec 21., John Muir Dec 1907

Letter From John Muir To [William] Colby, 1907 Dec 21., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

O Martinez, Dec. 21, 07

Dear Mr. Colby:

Helen and I start this morning for Mohave desert near Daggett. She will probably be there or in some similar desert for a couple of years. I hope, after getting her and companion settled, to be home occasionally, so my address until further notice will be Martinez. All mail will be forwarded from [there] should my absence be prolonged.
We must not rest in our H.H. battle until after the Secretary's decision, if then, tho' all my news is favorable so far. I'll write again ere long. Good luck, and Good bye. …


Letter From John Muir To [Annie K.] Bidwell, 1907 Dec 21., John Muir Dec 1907

Letter From John Muir To [Annie K.] Bidwell, 1907 Dec 21., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, December 21, 1907

Dear Mrs Bidwell:

Many thanks for the sketch of the blessed General's career, Mr Benjamin seems to have done his work lovingly well but the sketch is too short. Some time I hope to see the General's life written deep & broad like his character & influence on our grand state.
The portrait is very fine & lifelike The foreword too is good, The sketch I have not yet read on account of anxious are of my daughter Helen. This evening we take the train for the Mohave desert near Daggett where or in some similar …


Letter From Daniel Beard To John Muir, 1907 Dec 19., Daniel Beard Dec 1907

Letter From Daniel Beard To John Muir, 1907 Dec 19., Daniel Beard

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

DANIEL CARTER BEARD,
FLUSHING, L.I.

December 19, 1907.

Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, California.

My dear Mr. Muir:-

I am sending you a copy of my latest book, one of an edition of twelve copies. In the hurry to have these books published before the holidays, several obvious typographical errors have occurred and probably some others which have escaped my eye, but the original notes from which the most serious parts of the book were written, were carefully and conscientiously made and I trust some of them may be of value to even persons like you of wide research and observation, …


Letter From F. M. Fultz To John Muir, 1907 Dec 18., F. M. Fultz Dec 1907

Letter From F. M. Fultz To John Muir, 1907 Dec 18., F. M. Fultz

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

City Schools, Burlington, Juwa.
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.

Burlington, Ia. Dec. 18, 1907

Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.

Dear Mr. Muir:

I am sending you, by this mail a photograph of yourself. You will perhaps remember that it was taken on the trail leading up to Vernal Falls. I thank you very much for having allowed me to take your picture, especially where the surroundings were so appropriate. If you should desire other copies of the picture, I shall be very glad to furnish them to you, asking only your continued friendship in return.
I wish to express the pleasure …


Letter From Herbert W. Gleason To John Muir, 1907 Dec 18., Herbert W. Gleason Dec 1907

Letter From Herbert W. Gleason To John Muir, 1907 Dec 18., Herbert W. Gleason

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

HERBERT W. GLEASON

83 PINCKNEY STREET
BOSTON, MASS.

ILLUSTRATED LECTURES

Alaska
The Canadian Alps
Yellowstone Park
In Thoreau's Country
Wild Flowers of the Rockies
Bird Life
Etc

.Boston, Dec. 18, 1907.

My dear Mr. Muir:

I fear you will set me down as a worthless kind of muggins to be so neglectful of the promise which I gave you that Mrs. G. and I would call and see you again before we left California. I assure you that such was truly our intention and desire. I had the tickets to Martinez in my pocket all the time - and have …


Letter From Francis George To John Muir, 1907 Dec 16, Francis George Dec 1907

Letter From Francis George To John Muir, 1907 Dec 16, Francis George

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Valona Dec 16th 07 Mr. John Muir Martinez Calif Dear Sir I enclose Clearing house Certificates an checks to the amount of 194.99 to be credited as follows (x)To Mr. J. E. Petersen on note 50.00 In your account I find only $25 credited “ “ M. Urlick on lots 35.00 “ “ J. Talken “ lot 10.00 “ “ John Bonacci on lot 2.B.33 100.00 The balance $250.00 he is to pay at $25.00 per month. The price of lot 2.B.33 was $350.00 Mr Sucey who ownes lot 1B.33 wants lot 8B.33. I told him it was $350.00 he …


Letter From [William] Colby To Editor "Daily Commercial News", 1907 Dec 16., William Colby Dec 1907

Letter From [William] Colby To Editor "Daily Commercial News", 1907 Dec 16., William Colby

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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December 1[illegible]th, 1907.

Editor of the "Daily Commercial News",
San Francisco, Cal.

Dear Sir:-

Your issue of the 10th inst. contained a criticism of my position on "The Hatch Hetchy Water Supply" and I assume that you will be fair enough to give me a "square deal" in the matter and hence send you this reply. The writer of that criticism is evidently one of those whom I referred to as being "wedded" to the Hetch Hetchy system, though he does not disclose his identity.
He brushes aside my reference to Professor [illegible]arx' statements made before the Common Health …


Letter From Henry Gannett To James R. Garfield, 1907 Dec 14., Henry Gannett Dec 1907

Letter From Henry Gannett To James R. Garfield, 1907 Dec 14., Henry Gannett

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Habana, Cuba, December 14, 1907.

Hon. Jas. R. Garfield,
Secretary of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

My attention has recently been called to the renewed attempts of the city of San Francisco to obtain the use of the Hetch-Hetchy Valley as a reservoir site for its water supply.
The matter first came up several years ago, in the form of an application for the use of both Hetch-Hetchy Valley and of Lake Eleanor, both of which are in the Yosemite Park. The matter was referred by the then Secretary of the Interior to the Director of the Geological …


Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1907 Dec 12., John Muir Dec 1907

Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1907 Dec 12., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

his Helens sickness, asks me where to go, I tell him Van Dykes

Martinez, Dec. 12, 1907

Dear Mr Lukens.

I think I told you that Helen had another attack of pneumonia about two months ago. She is slowly recovering & is able to go around the hose but the rains & fogs of the last few days have made the weak lung sore, & the doctors say as I do that she must go again to the desert & stay for two years, at some ranch where milk, eggs, vegetables etc can be had. Do you know of any …


Letter From Jae S. Maitza To John Muir, 1907 Dec 12, Jae S. Maitza Dec 1907

Letter From Jae S. Maitza To John Muir, 1907 Dec 12, Jae S. Maitza

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Selby Cal Dec 12 1907 Dear Sir I thought I would write a few lines to tell you if you ant got that dead made yet you may puit my wife name in it her full name is Mary S, Maitza she likes to have it so you may as well out it we have built a house already on the peace and when you get the dead made plese at me know. best wishes You truly Jae S. Maitza


Letter From Fred C. Keighley To John Muir, 1906 Mar 19., Fred C. Keighley Dec 1907

Letter From Fred C. Keighley To John Muir, 1906 Mar 19., Fred C. Keighley

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Oliver & Snyder Steel Company,
MINING SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE
OLIVER FAYETTE CO., PA.

FRED. C. KEIGHLEY.
GEN'L SUPT.

PITTSBURG OFFICE.
So. 10TH AND MURIEL STS.

Lock Drawer R, Uniontown, Pa.,
March 19, 1906.

Mr. John Muir, Botanist & Geologist,
Adamana, Arizona.

My dear Sir:
After some six weeks traveling through the West I finally reached home. I regret very much to have to inform you that the number of the Century Magazine which you so kindly loaned me while at Admana was stolen from my room at the El Tovar, Grand Canon. I was very much put out about this and …


Letter From [John Muir] To J. Henry Scattergood, 1907 Dec 10., John Muir Dec 1907

Letter From [John Muir] To J. Henry Scattergood, 1907 Dec 10., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez Cal. Dec 22/07

Mr J. Henry Scattergood

Chairman of the Nominating Com of the

[American?] Alpine Club,

Philadelphia

Dear Sir:

Ye kind letter of Dec 2 is at hand informing me that the Nominating Com of the Am Alpine Club propose to recommend my name as Pres of the Club at the annual meeting. I shall accept the honor with pleasure & pride, I am with thanks & best wishes

Faithfully Yrs

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Letter From A. H. Sellers To John Muir, 1907 Dec 10., A. H. Sellers Dec 1907

Letter From A. H. Sellers To John Muir, 1907 Dec 10., A. H. Sellers

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA Dec 10, 1907

My dear Muir

Your letter of the 6th inst, but not mailed till the 9th reached me today. We are so sorry to learn that poor Helen is threatened with another long siege on the desert. We did hope that she would recover from the last attack, and that you both could enjoy your home. Mrs Sellers & I have been and are still very busy with a gang of carpenters, painters & decorators on the house, trying to do as little as possible (as we are very anxious to get in the house) …


Letter From A[Lbert] F. Dawson To J. E. Calkins, 1907 Dec 9., Albert F. Dawson Dec 1907

Letter From A[Lbert] F. Dawson To J. E. Calkins, 1907 Dec 9., Albert F. Dawson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

House of Representatives U. S.

Washington, D. C.

December 9, 1907.

Mr. J. E. Calkins,

2252 W. 30th St.,
Los Angeles, Cal.

My dear Mr. Calkins:-

I have your favor of the 29th ultimo and note fully what you say regarding the Hetch-Hetchy Valley. Upon receipt of Mr. Ficke's letter I expressed myself very strongly to Secretary Garfield and his reply was very encouraging. I shall lay before him the additional facts contained in your letter, and will again emphasize to him that you are actuated by patriotic and disinterested motives.
With kindest personal regards, and thanking you for the …


Postcard From Mrs. A.P. Douglas [?] To John Muir, December 9, 1907, Mrs. A. P. Douglas Dec 1907

Postcard From Mrs. A.P. Douglas [?] To John Muir, December 9, 1907, Mrs. A. P. Douglas

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Mr. John Muir Martinez, California. Ferndale, Cala. Thank you very much for beautiful greeting contributed to our Nature-[…] I wish your potent word might slay the frightful havoc being wrought in these noble forests of Humboldt. Best wishers for your daughter’s health. Truly, Mrs. A.P. Douglas


Letter From Elliott Mcallister To John Muir, 1907 Dec 7., Elliott Mcallister Dec 1907

Letter From Elliott Mcallister To John Muir, 1907 Dec 7., Elliott Mcallister

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

"To explore, enjoy, and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to publish authentic information concerning them; to enlist the support and co-operation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains."

Board of Directors---1905-1906

Mr. John Muir, President
Martinez
Prof. A. G. McAdie, Vice-President
San Francisco
Prof. J. N. Le conte, Treasurer
Berkeley
Mr. William E. Colby, Secretary
Berkeley
Prof. George Davidson
2221 Washington St., S. F.
Prof. W. R. Dudley
Stanford University
Mr. J. S. Hutchinson, Jr.
San Francisco
Mr. Warren Olney
San Francisco
Mr. E. …


Letter From Katharine Hooker To John Muir, 1907 Dec 6., Katharine Hooker Dec 1907

Letter From Katharine Hooker To John Muir, 1907 Dec 6., Katharine Hooker

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Don Pedro

325 W. Adams St.

Los Angeles,

Dec 6th

My dear Mr Muir

My kind good brother-in-law Henry Hooker died yesterday, after a short illness. I know that you appreciated him as he felt in the most friendly and admiring way to you. You know how little ostentatious he was, but it has seemed to me that I should like so much to have two or three paragraphs written about him (by [illegible]

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one not belonging to the family) speaking of his fine qualities in a way that could not hurt his modesty if he were …


Letter From W. J. Dornuf To [John Muir], 1907 Dec 5., W. J. Dornuf Dec 1907

Letter From W. J. Dornuf To [John Muir], 1907 Dec 5., W. J. Dornuf

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Milwaukee, Wis., [illegible] 1907

My Dear Sir,

Pardon my intrusion upon your valuable time, but may I venture to ask for a statement of your experience as to the effects of alcohol and tobacco upon the mind and health?
Do stimulants and narcotics give increased strength, greater lucidity of mind, and more continuous power, or do they weaken and cloud the intellect, and lessen that capacity for enduring a prolonged strain of mental exertion which is one of the first requisites of the intellectual life?
With the hope of arriving at data which would be trustworthy and decisive, I have …


Letter From John Muir To Margaret [Hay Lunam], 1907 Dec 5., John Muir Dec 1907

Letter From John Muir To Margaret [Hay Lunam], 1907 Dec 5., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, California

December 5, 1907

Dear Cousin Margaret:

I am very glad you & Maggie are both so well this summer & hope fondly that you will get through the winter in comfort.
We are all pretty well here except Helen who is slowly recovering from another attack of pneumonia. Whether she will be able to pass the rainy winter here or be compelled to go the Arizona I'll soon know. This is the 4th attack & there seems to be no end of the trouble.
Margaret is better than she has been for years. Sarah too is very well …


Letter From John Muir To [J. E.] Calkins, 1907 Dec 2., John Muir Dec 1907

Letter From John Muir To [J. E.] Calkins, 1907 Dec 2., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Dec 2, 1907

Dear Mr Calkins.

I am very glad to find you in another fine letter & letters for you seemed lost to me for weeks past. Nothing more natural however than making a new home may you be happy in it as you well deserve. I sent the Lukens H. H. photographs direct to the President. [illegible] Encouraging reports are coming [illegible] from various sources many of [illegible] caused by your own efforts [illegible] far reaching & many from our [illegible]b circular letter. One member in Sacramento wrote the President & Secretary [&?] got 27 of his …


Letter From J. Henry Scattergood To John Muir, 1907 Dec 2., J. Henry Scattergood Dec 1907

Letter From J. Henry Scattergood To John Muir, 1907 Dec 2., J. Henry Scattergood

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

J. HENRY SCATTERGOOD,
ROOM 648, "THE BOURSE,"
PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA, December 2, 1907.

Mr. John Muir,

Martinez, Cal.

Dear Sir:

On behalf of the Nominating Committee of the American Alpine Club I desire to inform you that we propose to recommend your name as President of the Club at the annual meeting to be held on the 30th of this month. I trust you may be villing to accept this honorary position and would ask that you so inform me, return envelope for which I now enclose.

Yours very respectfully

[illegible]
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Letter From Katharine Hooker To John Muir, [1907 ?] Dec 2., Katharine Hooker Dec 1907

Letter From Katharine Hooker To John Muir, [1907 ?] Dec 2., Katharine Hooker

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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have Mrs Thompson typing for me today - don't you think it quite time that I began?
With love from us all

Katharine Hooker


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325 W. ADAMS STREET

LOS ANGELES

Dec 2

Dear Mr Muir

We miss you. Are you doing the same for us?
The red leaves in all their beautiful shadings have come, and are to be kept for Christmas. The sprig of libocedrus I [consider?] mine.

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Fanny Canfield is stopping with us now, and Saturday evening there will be two very pretty young girls to spend the night here. So you see the …


The Pacific Pharos, December, 1907, Students Of The University Of The Pacific Dec 1907

The Pacific Pharos, December, 1907, Students Of The University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.


The Liberty Boys And The "Terror," Or, The Masked Spy Of Harlem Heights, Harry Moore Nov 1907

The Liberty Boys And The "Terror," Or, The Masked Spy Of Harlem Heights, Harry Moore

The Liberty Boys of "76"

No abstract provided.