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01109 15 Elliot Park, Off Steiner, near Geary, San Francisco, Oct. 23, 1883. John Bagnall? ,- To Prof. John Muir:
Dear Sir and Friend: Your Present, the Box of Fine Grapes came to hand last Evg., for which accept my best thank, You are
well aware that, I fondly hoped, long ere this, to be able to reward my benevolent stedfast friends, with something more thanwords,
but you know full well, the reason why I did not. I regret to say that my standing up for my rights as a man, some few years