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3 with great pleasure my first meeting with you in the foot hills the good your did me then; and your kind care for me during
my sickness in Yosemite. I have a young nephew 15 yrs. old who illegible scientific illegible I often wish he could come under
your influence. He is now engaged in mounds mound Builders . If you known of any work particularly helpful and entertaining
on that subject I would be glad to hear of it. I would be glad to hear from you some time when you have leasure for letter-writing
I am afraid such seasons are few far between. I received a letter from brother Thom s wife last week giving a glowing account
of your visit to Chico. She says He is if possible more entertaining than before. He is the same guileless, simple hearted
man as when we first knew him; it was such a pleasure to have him with us. Surely there is 1 in margin: no one like him
in all the world. You have no truer friend and admirer than my quiet little undemonstrative sister Mame. But what a long letter
I am drawing out. I hope you have time to read it. Yours with kindest regards E.S. Hendricks. 296 N. Meridian St. Indianapolis
March 22 80 Dear Mr. Muir I enclose a card which was handed to me a year a half, or two years ago. The one who have it
to me, is a dear friend, wife of a former pastor; and the name upon the card is that of her sister. The latter I have never
met, but her sister Mrs. Mason says that she is an enthusiastic botanist, and she thinks it would be such a great pleasure
for her sister to know converse with so enthusiastic a scientist as you are that she is anxious for her to meet you. Mrs.
Mason, hearing me speak of your long geological tramps and of the happy accident by which I met you, hoped that some of your
rambles might take you into her Miss Campbell s neighborhood; and that if you had her name, were so requested