Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Katharine M.] Graydon, 1904 Dec 28.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[Katharine M.] Graydon
Date:
1904 Dec 28
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir14_0757-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez, Calif.
Rights:
Copyrighted
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to publish or exhibit them, see
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Original letter returned to Miss Katherine Merrill Graydon . Martinez, California, Dec. 28, 1904. Dear Miss Graydon:
We are glad to hear from you. I was just about to begin to write you a letter when yours arrived. I often think of the charming
landscape I saw on that fine drive up the hill with you and Prof. Alexander and of the beauty of your college grounds. Mr.
L. T. Alexander's death was unspeakably sad. I noticed the account of the accident in the newspapers and realized how you
would feel his loss. How good he was to his friends and all with whom he came in contact I liked him when first I saw him
at his Oakland home when you had just arrived in California. I thank you for news of Indiana friends. I wish I could lighten
the sad burdens they are carrying. Excepting Helen we are all about as usual. She went to the mountains with the Sierra Club,
climbed too hard and high and inflamed the sore lung. She is now slowly getting strong again, but needs constant watchful
care. She says you have not answered her last letter. I'm trying to write another little book. Did I send you a copy of Our
National Parks? I'm sending a little volume with this letter, possibly you may know it all by heart. Remember me to your
mother and all the family and families Moores and Merrills. When are you coming to see us? I wish I could find time to take
the girls over the blue sea to you. Perhaps I may some day. But anyhow I am ever faithfully yours, and wish you a truly happy
New year. John Muir. Remember me to your College*friends who received me so kindly. L*0ahu College, Honolulu, Hawaii
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