Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Clinton L. Merriam
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4prairies of Illinois, the close dark forest levels of Indiana and the glorious bossy green woods of Kentucky and Tennessee, and N. Carolina, and down through the gates of the Blue Ridge to the black sheeted levels of pine in Georgia; and through the unberdered half-made swamps and magnificent tropic tangles of Florida. Also I spent a month among the palms and vines of sunny coral-edged Cuba.For the last three years I have been in this grandest of God's mountain temples, and only Providence my guide shall say when I shall go out from it.I will give you no tedious details. You will now understand my tendencies and instincts and if you can at any time help me to some scientific task where I can accomplish some more definite and generally useful results, I shell be grateful.I have spoken without reserve feeiling that you are a friend.With kindest regards to yourself and wife, I amYrs cordially,JOHN MUIRI should like to see what you have published concerning our valley.[John MuirYosemite ValleyCaliforniavia Big Oak Flat]
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1871 Aug 20
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0501-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0501
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
