Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Sarah [Muir Galloway]
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Yosemite Valley Nov 14th 1873Dear Sister Sarah Have just got down the mtn side from my long trip & find a large pile of letters One from you with Annas photo’ It is very good indeed, she is developing splendidly & you say “yet another Galloway” What a thicket of underbrush is growing up around you How truly rich you & David are in all that is worth having children love & land, Tell David not to work too hard, one gets into the habit of it & soon comes to believe that everlasting high pressure labor is absolutely necessary. If we could accomplish ten times as much we would still be apt to work at the top of our bent driven by the same species of necessity. Be economical & learn to do without things & gain leisure to look up. There is a sermon for you. I have traveled over a thousand miles in this last excursion climbed more mtns than I hoped to climb Have had a very instructive trip in every way Reached the highest Mtn top in the range, perhaps the highest in North America 14900 feet
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1873 Nov 14
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25 x 20 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_1223-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 1223
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
