Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Sarah [Muir Galloway]
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Transcription
00746 [1] San Francisco April 23d, 1877My dear Sister Sarah, To thee I give & bequest this old gray quill with which I have written every word of my first book, knowing as I do your predele[illegible]tion for curiosities. I can hardly remember its origin, but I think it is one that I picked up on the Mountains, fallen from the wing of a gray Eagle; but possibly it may be only a pinion feather of some tame old gray goose, & my love of truth compels me to make this unpoetical statement. The book that has flower from its whittled [ nib?] is however as wild as any that has ever appeared in these tame civilized days.
Location
San Francisco, [Calif]
Date Original
1877 Apr 23
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 27 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0525-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0525
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
