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Letter From John Muir To [David Pele] Secor, 1904 Sep 19., John Muir Sep 1904

Letter From John Muir To [David Pele] Secor, 1904 Sep 19., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, California

Sep. 19, 1904.

Dear Mr Secor:

I have just received your letter dated August 12th 1903. When it was written I was in Manchuria & it followed me round the world without overtaking me until yesterday From Shanghai it was sent to Pekin & forwarded from there by the U.S. Legation. It is a very kind letter & I sincerely thank you for it & for the handsome set of spoons which I think were acknowledged by my daughter The picture too is charming in which you are sketching on a beautiful stream bank.

[marginalia]

How greatly you …

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Letter From S. C. Hain To John Muir, 1904 Sep 18., S. C. Hain Sep 1904

Letter From S. C. Hain To John Muir, 1904 Sep 18., S. C. Hain

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Cook. Cal. Sept. 18th 1904.

Mr. John Muir.

Martinez. Ca.

Dear Sir:- Some time ago you wrote that you would spend a few days with us viewing our proposed Pinnacle park. Would be pleased if you could come before the middle of Nov. as in case you should deem it worthy of your recommendation to congress would like to have it by the 1st of Dec. as Congressman Needham said all pertaining to it should be in by that time. He was highly pleased with his visit just completed.
Our association has $700 to be applied to your expenses. You …

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Letter From Carr Macphail To John Muir, 1904 Sep 18., Carr Macphail Sep 1904

Letter From Carr Macphail To John Muir, 1904 Sep 18., Carr Macphail

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Wahroonga

Sept. 18th 04.

My dear Mr Muir.

Thank you so much for your most interesting book, all the more interesting, as it was received from its author. I am so glad to see that you arrived home safely, after your long absence, but it must have been a most enjoyable time, seeing so many & interesting places. I am sending you the "Warabak" by this mail. I hope it will reach you in good condition,

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for it was a very good specimen when I got it. I am looking forward to the end of next term very …

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Letter From M. Amelia Foshay To John Muir, 1904 Sep 16., M. Amelia Foshay Sep 1904

Letter From M. Amelia Foshay To John Muir, 1904 Sep 16., M. Amelia Foshay

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Los Angeles, California,

September 16, 1904.

Mr. John Muir,

Martinez, California.

Our dear Mr. Muir:

How can we thank you for the delight you afford us, we of the little 24th Street School, by your gracious answer to our feeble but sincere letters of last April! I wish you could know what a pride we take in the fact that a great man has given us so much of his time and of himself, and what an uplift an attention like this means to us who are older than the children we direct and who consequently appreciate more

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Letter From Francis George To John Muir, 1904 Sep 16, Francis George Sep 1904

Letter From Francis George To John Muir, 1904 Sep 16, Francis George

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Shelby Sept 16th 04 Mr. John Muir Martinez Cal Dear Sir, I received this day from H. Miller, $51.75, for the Suheran Church. He says that $50.00 is the balance on note, and the $1.75 is for 1 month interest at 74c. He kindles requests that you send him the note and also a receipt for money sent you on the mortgage, as he has nothing to show only the receipts he has from me. He stats this is no way of doing business. Respectfully yours, Francis George. Check no 32 for 51.75 Enclosed P.S. Mr Miller is very exacting …

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Letter From George Gantzer, George Gantzer Sep 1904

Letter From George Gantzer, George Gantzer

Applications for Staff Employments Faculty, Student and Graduate

Letter concerning a position at Utah Agricultural College.

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Letter From A. H. Sellers To John Muir, 1904 Sep 11., A. H. Sellers Sep 1904

Letter From A. H. Sellers To John Muir, 1904 Sep 11., A. H. Sellers

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

AH. SELLERS
Hotel Metropole

CHICAGO Sep't 11th 1904.

Our dear Mr. Muir:-

Just as we were about to leave our old house on Michigan Ave, the last of June, we received your splendid letter of June 16th last from Martinez, and I hurridly answered it.
Yesterday, Fay, in handing ire the wail, said "here is a newspaper sent you by Mr. Muir". Glancing at it I saw it was post marked "New Castle N S [illegible] and said "well this explains why we have heard nothing from Mr. Muir. he has gone back to Australia". Tearing off the cover. I …

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The Liberty Boys' Swamp Camp, Or, Fighting And Hiding, Harry Moore Sep 1904

The Liberty Boys' Swamp Camp, Or, Fighting And Hiding, Harry Moore

Liberty Boys of "76"

No abstract provided.

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Letter From Eliza L. Phelps To Mrs. Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1904 Sep 8, Eliza L. Phelps Sep 1904

Letter From Eliza L. Phelps To Mrs. Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1904 Sep 8, Eliza L. Phelps

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Briggsville Wis. Sept 8th. 1904 My Dear Mrs. Muir: I told you I would send you the letter written by Susie A. Waters in 1888 describing her visit to your home and many other places in Cal. I will send it with this letter. When I read it over after my return, I found the descriptions of places which I visited so perfect and the whole letters so interesting that I am going to ask you to return it after you have read it and allowed others to see it to when you think it will be of interest. I …

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Letter From L[Aura] Bell To Helen Muir, [1904] Sep 5., Laura Bell Sep 1904

Letter From L[Aura] Bell To Helen Muir, [1904] Sep 5., Laura Bell

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Wawona Sept 5.

Has any one every sent you this postcard, knowing your interest in the occupants of the stage? Please tell your father we have just returned from a lovely day spent among his favorites, Sequoia gigantea, and I shall never forget all the giants.

Sincerely, L. Bell

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Letters Between Wm. G. Barton And W. J. Kerr, Wm. G. Barton, W. J. Kerr Sep 1904

Letters Between Wm. G. Barton And W. J. Kerr, Wm. G. Barton, W. J. Kerr

Applications for Staff Employments Faculty, Student and Graduate

Letters concerning a position in the mathematics department at Utah Agricultural College.

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Letter From Emily Bell To John Muir, 1904 Sep 3., Emily Bell Sep 1904

Letter From Emily Bell To John Muir, 1904 Sep 3., Emily Bell

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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[letterhead]

Glacier Point

Sept. 3- [1904]

My dear Mr. Muir,

I thought you might be interested in knowing that we are in the Yosemite Park & have just spent the night in this lovely spot. It seems such a pity to [illegible] [illegible] in four days as is the cust[illegible] [illegible]preferred making the whole [illegible] [illegible] in one day, seventy one miles to the Sentinel House where we spent three nights & yesterday came up here on mule back by the l[illegible]g trail, much [illegible] tried then in Egypt on those [wretched side saddles?] & M[illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] …

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The Pacific Pharos, September, 1904, University Of The Pacific Sep 1904

The Pacific Pharos, September, 1904, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

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Letter From W[Illiam] B[Elmont] Parker To John Muir, 1904 Aug 31., William Belmont Parker Aug 1904

Letter From W[Illiam] B[Elmont] Parker To John Muir, 1904 Aug 31., William Belmont Parker

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

EDITORIAL OFFICE OF THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY 4 PARK ST. BOSTON

August 31, 1904.

Dear Mr. Muir:-

In sending you the half-yearly accounting of your "National Parks", we are glad to remind you of our interest in the other volumes which you have projected. The record of sales of the "Parks" for the past six months is not large, but it shows no falling off from the previous half-year and indicates a good deal of vitality.
If our memory serves us correctly you have four new books in process--a Colorado Canon book, an Alaska book, "The Yosemite Valley", and your Autobiography. …

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Letter From Bliss Perry To John Muir, 1904 Aug 31., Bliss Perry Aug 1904

Letter From Bliss Perry To John Muir, 1904 Aug 31., Bliss Perry

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Aug. 31. 1904

[letterhead]

Dear Mr. Muir:

Please don't forget that the Atlantic [wants?] your narrative of the great trip around the world. When you have written up your experiences, may we not print them?

Sincerely

Bliss Perry

John Muir

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Letter From Bernard W. Woodward To John Muir, 1904 Aug 29., Bernard W. Woodward Aug 1904

Letter From Bernard W. Woodward To John Muir, 1904 Aug 29., Bernard W. Woodward

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

29 Augt 1904,

Dear Mr. Muir

Many thanks for your book.
Will write shortly & send [illegible]. Was [away?] ill for three months. Mail just [illegible]ing. Kind regards

yours [illegible]

Bernard W Woodward

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Letter From Charles E. Liddell To John Muir, 1904 Aug 28., Charles E. Liddell Aug 1904

Letter From Charles E. Liddell To John Muir, 1904 Aug 28., Charles E. Liddell

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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through some portions of it & it seemed to me as if you were almost talking to me. After all, life is made up of pleasant memories, & it brought back to me all the pleasant times we had together & I often think how lucky Willie & myself were to have the company of one so well informed as yourself in our travels, it made all the difference to our enjoyment. When I was over in Sydney young Macphail had just received your book & he was pleased. The old gentleman

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231 Flinders Lane

Melbourne

28 …

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Letter From James Murdock To John Muir, 1904 Aug 24., James Murdock Aug 1904

Letter From James Murdock To John Muir, 1904 Aug 24., James Murdock

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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party than go alone - and as I have seen all the places in the itinerary from Oakland southwards my best plan was to leave at Martinez & go back by the C.P.R. You see my principal object in going west is to see you, the Yellowstone & the Canadian Rockies. Hoping to meet you about Wednesday 28th Sept. Believe me

Yours very sincerely

James Murdock

[1]

24 Augt. 1904

105 Maplewood Avenue

Germantown

Philadelphia Pa

Dear Professor Muir

You will see from the above that I have once more got across the "Pond", this time with my wife …

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Letter From [Roland], Linda, And G.H. [George Hansen] To Mrs. Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1904 Aug 23, Linda Hansen Aug 1904

Letter From [Roland], Linda, And G.H. [George Hansen] To Mrs. Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1904 Aug 23, Linda Hansen

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Aug. 23e., 1904. Dear Mrs. Muir, We send you a bright patch and sample of the Royal robe of Scarlet that clothes our Home. The good wife selected it, the child places it in the envelope, and I seal it with a drop of Holy water of gratitude. Please, ask your good husband not to write such words to me as in his last lines. It might bother the Lilies of the Field to learn about Paint. How well the Almighty Father keeps tracks of dates and of terms. [!!] When the sheen of the first installment of the taxes …

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Letter From Alvin Seale To John Muir, 1904 Aug 23., Alvin Seale Aug 1904

Letter From Alvin Seale To John Muir, 1904 Aug 23., Alvin Seale

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Stanford University, Calif. Aug 23, 1904.

Prof. John Muir,

Martinez, Calif.

Dear Mr. Muir:

I have just received your book, "The Mountains of California", which came as a most happy surprise to me. It was sent to my address at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu but as I had returned to California the book was forwarded to me at Stanford University.
From the delightful way in which you remembered me I suspect you were pleased with the small panel of Koa wood I left in the steamer cabin for you! few things could have pleased me more than the beautiful …

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Letter From J. E. Calkins To John Muir, 1904 Aug 23., J. E. Calkins Aug 1904

Letter From J. E. Calkins To John Muir, 1904 Aug 23., J. E. Calkins

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

808 East Tenth Street,

Davenport, Iowa.

August 23, 1904.

My Dear Mr. Muir:-

Your charming, and really unexpected, letter, dated at Martinez July 18, reached my home here in due time, but has only just reached me. On the day it was penned I was starting for 5 weeks in the Yellowstone National Park, and the Jackson's Lake Country immediately south of the wonderland, and so missed it. But I hope your modesty will suffer me to say that nothing that I saw, or heard, or did, on all that delightful tour gave me the real pleasure and satisfaction that …

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Letter From F. Manson Bailey To [John Muir], 1904 Aug 22., F. Manson Bailey Aug 1904

Letter From F. Manson Bailey To [John Muir], 1904 Aug 22., F. Manson Bailey

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

Brisbane August 22[illegible] 1904

Dear friend

Many thanks for the copy of your delightful book "The Mountains of California" I am more pleased with it than I can express, and feel how glad I should have been to have been your companion on one of your mountain journeys, but it would not have suited me for I could not have stood the cold of some parts, the winters here are quite enough for me. I hope that you may make another visit to this part of the world we shall all be glad to see you and now again …

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Letter From Hal Skinner To John Muir, 1904 Aug 22., Hal Skinner Aug 1904

Letter From Hal Skinner To John Muir, 1904 Aug 22., Hal Skinner

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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that way, I am

yours sincerely

Hal Skinner

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[letterhead]

Chhindwara

Central Provinces

India

22-8-04

Dear Mr Muir,

It was very good of you to think of sending me your book 'The Mountains of California'. I am very glad to have it, and look forward to reading it, and appreciate the kind remembrance of me [which?] led you to

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send it.
I infer from the [profr. swett?] that you have got home again, and hope you found the rest of your journey pleasant & interesting. I wonder if you met my cousin in Australia.
I enjoyed …

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Letter From E[Mily] O. Wilson To John Muir, 1904 Aug 19., Emily O. Wilson Aug 1904

Letter From E[Mily] O. Wilson To John Muir, 1904 Aug 19., Emily O. Wilson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Aug. 19th 1904

Mr John Muir- Martinez.

Dear old friend - This afternoon your box of delicious fruit arrived, and we send many thanks for it. What delicious peaches "The Muirs [are?]
I showed the golden fruit to Dr Wilson and he ate part of one - the first he would eat of anything since his morning meal. He is very feeble, and has a poor appetite of late, but it is wonderful how his strength holds out - in spite of all-

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Peaches and plums are his favorite fruits, and I think tomorrow he will enjoy …

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Letter From J. R. Anderson To John Muir, 1904 Aug 18., J. R. Anderson Aug 1904

Letter From J. R. Anderson To John Muir, 1904 Aug 18., J. R. Anderson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

THE GOVERNMENT OF
THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
VICTORIA.

18th 1904

Dear Mr. Muir:-

Many thanks for your kind letter of the 19th June containing the flattering remarks regarding my report.
What a fine trip you must have had abroad, I wish I had known you were going to New Zealand, I would like you to have called on my sister if you happened to be in the vicinity of Wellington. Did you make any more glaciers during your absence? Let me express the hope that11 may see you this way again very soon. With kindest regards …

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Letter From Elmer D. Merrill To John Muir, 1904 Aug 16., Elmer D. Merrill Aug 1904

Letter From Elmer D. Merrill To John Muir, 1904 Aug 16., Elmer D. Merrill

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES.
MANILA

OFFICE OR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF LABORATORIES.

August 16, 1904

John Muir/
Martinez, Calif.

Dear Dr. Muir:

I wish to thank you very much for so kindly sending me a copy of your "Mountains of California", which I find to he very, interesting, and which I am now reading with much pleasure.
Since you were in Manila I have been very buisy, as shortly after you left I received two very large collections, those of Dr. Copeland, and those of Mr. Elmer, and accordingly I have as yet not had opportunity to …

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Letter From John Muir To William Trout, 1904 Aug 10., John Muir Aug 1904

Letter From John Muir To William Trout, 1904 Aug 10., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, California

Aug. 10, 1904.

William Trout.

Dear old friend:

Your kind letter of Aug. 2d came yesterday laden with Meaford memories & auld lang syne in general, and with it came the draft that has given you so much trouble. This closing a transaction 40 years old, illustrating moral integrity & patience of a kind far from common in financial annals.
The news of your coming to visit me is delightful. I have many visitors & thousands of friends, but those of the old days have for me an immortal charm wanting in others however high & honorable & …

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The Liberty Boys' Indian Decoy, Or, The Fight On Quaker Hill, Harry Moore Aug 1904

The Liberty Boys' Indian Decoy, Or, The Fight On Quaker Hill, Harry Moore

Liberty Boys of "76"

No abstract provided.

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Letter From Frank Cornish To John Muir, 1904 Aug 5., Frank Cornish Aug 1904

Letter From Frank Cornish To John Muir, 1904 Aug 5., Frank Cornish

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

BAY COUNTIES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

420 Crossley Building, San Francisco.

August 5th, 1904.

Dr. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.

Dear Dr. Muir:-

It gives me pleasure to tell you that our banquet was well attended and thoroughly enjoyed. It was decided that the annual dinner be held on the second Tuesday of May hereafter. The name has been changed to the Wisconsin Alumni Association of Northern California and by a vote were, elected Ex-chief Justice W. P. Lyon of San Jose, President Wheeler of the University, Director Campbell of Lick Observatory, Dr. Turner …

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1904 Aug 4., Robert Underwood Johnson Aug 1904

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1904 Aug 4., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

EDITORIAL-DEPARTMENT
THE CENTUKT-MAGAZINE
UNION SQUARE NEW YORK

R. W. GILDER, EDITOR

R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR

C. C BUEL,
ASSISTANT EDITOR

August 4th, 1904.

John Muir, Esq.
Martinez, Calif.

My dear Mr. Muir:-

I am delighted with that part of your letter which tells me of the prospect of the recession of the Yosemite Valley. Your letter is delightful and I have sent it on to the President. Chittenden1s is encouraging and I return it herewith.
I am glad also to know that you are at work on your Yosemite book. Eurrah! Keep it up!

Sincerely yours,

[Illegible]

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