Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Jeanne C.] Carr
Preview
Transcription
[4]Evening Bulletin. Wh I suppose you have seen I wonder how you all are faring in your wildernesses educational departmental institutional etc write me a line here in care of Sisson I thin it will reach me on my return from Icy Shasta Farewell Ever Cordially Yrs John MuirLove to all Keith & the boys & McChesneys & etc. ————————Dont forward any letters from the Oakland Office I want only mountains until my return to civil’00699 [1] #95 Sissons Station Nov’ 1st 1874Dear Mrs Carr. Here is icy Shasta fifteen miles away yet at the very door. It is all close wrapt in clean young snow down to the very [ base?] [illegible] Mass of white from the dense black forests girdle at an elevation of five or Six thousand feet to the very summit The extent of its individuality is perfectly wonderful. When I first caught sight of it over the braided folds of the Sacramento Valley I was fifty miles away & afoot alone & weary yet all my blood turned to wine
Location
Sissons Station, [Calif]
Date Original
1874 Nov 1
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0211-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0211
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
