Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
Sarah [Muir Galloway]
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Transcription
woods I sit at times for hours watching birds or squirrels or looking down into the faces of flowers without suffering any feeling of haste Yet I am swept onward in a general current that bears on irresistibly When therefore I shall be allowed to float homeward I [underlined: dinna dinna] k[illegible] but I hope, The world as well as the M’tn’s is good to me & my studies flow on in a wider & wider current by the incoming of many a noble tributary. Probably if I were living amongst you all you would follow me in my scientific work but as it is you will do so imperfectly However when I visit you will all have to submit to numerous lectures. You enquire about Merrill. he is attending the North Western University in Indianapolis, I was so fortunate a week ago as to meet a lady from Indianapolis intimately acquainted with the Merrill family & I enjoyed a two days conversation with her[in margin: Give my love to David & to Mrs. Galloway & all your little ones & rememember as ever lovingly your brother John [— Muir]]
Location
Oakland [Calif.]
Date Original
1875 Jan 16
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 17 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0263-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0263
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
