Creator
Chas. Warren Stoddard
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[in margin: Stoddard Chris W. Stoddard] [underlined: John Muir.] 00687 Rome the [Eternal?] 8th July 74.Dear [illegible]-man. Rome is running rivers of good honest [illegible] just now, would you like it, think you? I’d give much to see you [footing?] it amongst these wearysom ruins; how ugly they are, [illegible] the Old City its self is a kind of respectable bore. Rome is the Sierras! There is all the difference between them that there is between bone dust and young granite. There is no pine – spiced air here: our lungs are full of infinitely small relics of the past; the Coliseum and
Location
Rome the Eternal [Italy]
Date Original
1874 Jul 8
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 26 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0115-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0115
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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.
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
