Title:
Letter from John Muir to [?] Balnaves, 1901 Nov 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:
[?] Balnaves
Date:
1901 Nov 28
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir11_0958-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 22.5 x 14.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
first draft of letter, in note-book 59 (24) Martinez, Nov. 28, 1901. My dear Mr. Balnaves: It is very kind of yon to
Invite me to the St. Andrews dinner, and I heartily thank you. Nothing in the banqueting line would give me greater pleasure
than to meet with so many of my countrymen under such happy auspices. I have delayed reply to your kind invitation until now,
hoping I might be able to accept. But alas, I'm held here by obligations and burdens that I cannot escape, and must, therefore,
deny myself the grand pleasure. Hoping we may meet ere long, I am, with many thanks and pleasant Tuolumne memories, Very
truly yours, J. M. 02890