Title:
Letter from John Muir to W[illiam] E. Colby, 1914 May 23.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of
the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
W[illiam] E. Colby
Date:
1914 May 23
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir22_0322-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
[Martinez] Calif.
Rights:
Copyrighted
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission
to publish or exhibit them, see
http://library.pacific.edu/ha/forms
Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
POSTAL TELEGRAPH - COMMERCIAL CABLES CLARENCE H. MAC KAY. President. TELEGRAM RECEIVED AT DELIVERY No 1773 The Postal
Telegraph-Cable Company (Incorporated) transmits and delivers this message subject to the terms and conditions printed on
the back of this black DESIGN PATENT No 40529 . Parwa Family Papers Bancroft Library 8sfnc 47- Muir Cal May 23-14
W. E. Colby, BR 2901 Charming Way, Berkeley, Cal. The news of dear Parsons death is a stunning blow to me though: your letter
the other day was alarming. Give my sympathy to Mrs Parsons and her family and tell her that I am writing to her and will
visit her as soon as I am able. J. Muir.