Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Ann Gilrye Muir]
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Transcription
2ndcreation, seperate in all respects from all other valleys, but such is not true, Yosemite is one of many One chapter of a great mount- ain book written by the same pen of ice which the Lord long ago passed over every page of our great Sierra Nevada's. I know how Yosemite and all the other valley's of these magnificent mountains were made and the next year [ontrod?] of my life will be occupied chiefly in writing their history in a human book - a glorious subject, which God help me preach [aright?].I have been sleeping in the rocks and snow often weary and hungry sustained by the excitements of my subject and by the Scottish pluck and perseverance which belongs to our family - for the last few days I have been eating and resting and enjoying long warm sleeps beneath a roof, in a warm rockless boulderless bed. 4th Wisconsin winter will soon be upon you may you enjoy its brightness and universal beauty in warm and happy homes Our topmost mountains are white with their earliest snow, but the Valley is still base and brown with rustling leaves of the Oak and Alder and fronds of the fast fading ferns Between two and three thousand Persons visited the Valley this summer I am glad they are all gone. I can now think my thoughts and say my prayers in quiet ever devoutly yours in family love John
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
[1871] Nov 16
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0583-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0583
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
