Title:
Letter from Hester A. Dickenson to John Muir, 1914 Apr 1.
Creator:
Hester A. Dickenson
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1914 Apr 1
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir22_0262-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Alameda, Calif.
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
1523 Willow Street, Alameda, Cal., Apr. 1, 1914. Mr. John Muir, Martinez. Cal. Dear Sir: I do not know what handles
rightfully belong to your honorablename, but I do know that you are a member of the California Writers' Club and that every
one of us is debtor to your kindness and proud to be your debtor. You may not remember, but many years ago my husband, Col.
P. J. Dickinson, and I met you in the Yosemite. He has passed to the majority and so cannot recall to you the delightful hour
you so kindly gave to us; but I am here to live it over again and to say: I thank you Many delightful and appreciative messages
were given to me, by the Club's Board of Directors, illegible pass on to you, but I have been unable to do so until to-day.
But I assure you that every one of us feels a little quickening of the pulse when your name is spoken, because now, you belong
to us We honor and we love you -- as we honor and love all great souls who bless us by their deeds, and by example, help us
into holier atmosphere. Sometime you will come to us, perhaps, and we shall take your hand in happy greeting and -- and say
things. Yours sincerely, Hester A. Dickinson 05731