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4 you remember Emerson did not say a word about meeting you in illegible or any other place. He paid you his highest compliment
when he said I shall meet you in Boston , and so I hope before he goes on the long journey from where? no traveler returns
you will come and tell him what the Alaska Indians think of Boston men. Mr Palton who is busying himself with illegible illegible
matters and trying to tell people something about the inexhaustible mines of Leadville illegible unites with me in warm regards
to you. We learn that our old steamer California nearly foundered in a gale not long ago but are glad that the stiff upper
lip of Capt Thorne helped to steady the ship and weather the gale, so that the illegible illegible his peculiar sniff? of
joy when the ship illegible again. Hoping that you will write again or come to New York. We are your friends truly illegible
and Abby H. Patton. in margin: you gave us the illegible to Paton. We belong to the illegible Patton in margin: 74 1 Hotel
Branting Madison Avenue N.Y. March 9, 1880. Friend Muir When I opened your letter dated San Francisco Feb 9 I said
Cast your bread? upon the waters and it shall return to you after many days . I remembered how you had been cast upon the
great Alaskan waters and that at last you had ventured to tell the world your wondrous story. We never can get through talking
about our visit to Alaska, and all I can say to my friends is Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord . When
we add that it was our blessed privilege to have had John Muir with us, you can guess how eyes brighten, and ears quicken