Title:
Letter from Emily P. Wilson to John Muir, 1902 Mar 20.
Creator:
Emily P. Wilson
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:
1902 Mar 20
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir12_0284-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 22.5 x 14.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Oakland, Calif.
Rights:
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Transcription:
1 593 Sycamore St. Oakland, Cal. March 20th 1902 John Muir - Martinez Dear Friend Your bountiful - beautiful remembrance
reached us yesterday and we spent the evening in the mountains with you Dr. As well as myself enjoyed the reading - a portion
of the long letter, and we give you hearty thanks for pleasure received and the big store ahead for a number of evenings to
come. I have been so long from my beloved mountains that it seemed good to get back to them again. 02964 2 I could almost
smell the pines and see the lizards darting here and there. How beautiful must be the illegible nothus, the lovely blue ones
near Brownsville now. I was so glad to see your Wanda - and only wish I could see her bright young face frequently. She must
resemble her mother as she did not remind me of you. Doctor Wilson and I once made an effort to visit you, missed the boat
- and finally did not get off on the later train. Now my husband is too feeble to even get down town. but we hope you will
get to Oakland in the near future, and we will be very glad to meet 02964 3 you again, and make the acquaintance of
your wife. I think your memory wonderfully good to call up the names of people about the old Wendell? I had forgotten the
Grogans? Do you remember the bed that used to tip you out early in the morning I wonder if you can recall to mind Miss Choffee?
A letter from her quite recently tells me she is living in Sancasta? and seventy eight years old - Yes those days in Pairie
du Chien are far far away- Come and see us when you can and with thank again for your books I am sincerely yours Emily P.
Wilson 02964