Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Dav[id Gilrye Muir]
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many souls you number now. You have perhaps become a multitude but I hope, not more than a hundred. Sarah is not afraid of Novels & I would suggest "Zanita" for her, a book that you can buy in Boston wh I helped Mrs Yelverton now Countess Avonmore to write last summer in the valley. I am one of the characters & it contains a good deal of Yosemite scenery, for all of the babies who are big enough, & ripe enough to open their eyes, I would suggest books full of colored pictures Mary can choose for herself in Madison, & Maggie & John Reid & David Galloway & yourself & Katie & all the half grown-saplings Anna Joanna etc. can do the same in Portage or from some of the Eastern Catalogues. I do not say this to avoid the work of choosing for you all but because I am locked up & cannot, when spring opens I will send a volume to mother by mail. I do not like to load the Indian now I am more lonely this winter than ever. Mr Lamon, & Mrs Hutchings have both left the valley & there is not left one soul with whom I can exchange a thought. However I will be pretty busy & have a good many books & when I can wallow through the snow will climb about in the valley walls. John -
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
[1871] Dec 1
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25.5 x 20 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0599-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0599
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
