Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Jeanne C.] Carr
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[2]& I have not been weary since Stone was to have accompanied me but has failed of course. The last storm was severe & all the mountaineers shake their heads, & say im- possible etc but you know that I will meet all its icy snows lovingly I set out out in a few minutes for the edge of the timberline then upwards if unstormy in the early morning. If the snow proves to be nealy & loose it is barely possible that I may be unable to urge my way through so many upward miles as there is no intermediate company ground. Yet I am feverless & strong now & can [3]spend two days with their inter= =mediate night in one deliberate unstrained effort — I am the more eager to ascend to study the mechanical con= =ditions of the fresh snow at so great an elevation. Also to obtain clear views of the comparative quantities of lava denndation north= ward & southward. Also general views of the [deleted: Ancient] Channels of the ancient Shasta glacirs etc Many other lesser problems besides. The fountains of the rivers here. & the living gls I would like to remain a week or two. & may have to return next year in summer I wrote a short letter a few days ago wh’ was printed in the
Location
Sissons Station, [Calif]
Date Original
1874 Nov 1
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0213-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0213
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
