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00921 letterhead Oakland Cal., June 4, 1880 John Muir. Naturalist c Dear Sir. While botanizing down in Arizona recently
I received from friends here in Oakland an item of news at once the most astonishing and pleasing that ever was heard. California
s most distinguished naturalist writer was married a few days ago to the illegible talented lovely daughrter of Dr Strentzel
of Martinez. The?