Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[William] Keith
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Yosemite Valley Dec 17th, [71?] [72]My dear Keith I hope that you still hunger & thirst for the beauty wh is here, that the landscapes you beheld from our clean mountain windows have not become dim. Human souls are possess ed of wonderful vitality else they would die in the fearful choke damps of towns. I had to make two journeys to the upper temples ere I could rid myself of the fearful smokes & smells of your sunken region The sky of our [illegible]
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1872 Dec 19
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir02_1017-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 1017
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
