Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
Alexander B.Thaw
Preview
Transcription
[First draft of letter, in note-book] Martinez, March 6, '05. Mr. Alexander B. Thaw,New York. Dear Sir: I thank you for a copy of your Inaugural Ode you so kindly sent me. I have not yet found time to give it a careful reading. No doubt you have greatly enjoyed your work. It is a glorious subject, and judging from the few pages I have had time to read I shall find in it many fine thoughts. With best wishes, and hoping to meet you ere long, I am, Faithfully yours,[John Muir] Following another draft same letter] Dear Sir: I thank you for your kind letter and also your little book "An Inaugural Ode" which has just arrived. I have not yet had time to give it the careful reading it requires. The subject is a grand one, and doubtless you have greatly enjoyed it. Hoping to meet you ere long, I am. Faithfully yours,[John Muir] 36 East 74th St.
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Date Original
circa [19]05 Mar 6
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 17 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir15_0298-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 15, Image 0298
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
