Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[James Davie] Butler
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Transcription
[4]bend over & move in the wind Thirty or forty plants are in flower the [illegible] & [illegible] have been in flower more than a month For a week or more the weather has been very warm - the thermom' averaging about 85° in shade the upper snows upon all of the exposed slopes has of course melted very fast & the falls are in glorious array & utter their sublimest harmonies There is at least ten times the amount of water in the valley that there was when you were here. - for a week we have been sailing across the meadow in a boat Remember me to your wife & to all your little ones with special love to Henry I am ever most cordially yours John Muir [1] [1870] Muir May Yosemite Valley May 15thProf' Butler, Dear friend Your letter of Apr 29th reached me two days ago You seem to have the power of compelling even your letters to travel at double speed , Railroads & telegraphs were invented for men constructed in mind & body as you are. You are to be en- [illegible] Professor in thus having able to enjoy a double portion of existence as composed with mortals of average activity , We set out on our travels at the same time but how much more you have observed & how much more of work you have accomplished I thank you most devoutly for your kind letters[in margin: Snow fell here all day. This must have been a very stormy day in the higher mtns. Thermom about 36° a very sudden change]
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
[1870] May 15
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0263-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0263
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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
