Creator
S.S. Forbes
Recipient
John Muir
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manly & fine in character & self reliant. We must wait a while for the highest & finest culture - when I am in the South & when I think of parts of the West I saw, it seems a quite herculean task to bring our whole country out of the barbaric - Mr Emerson is well this winter he is getting old now & I fancy will not go beyond his earlier efforts in what he does, but he[in margin: Remember us to Mr & Mrs Leidy when you see them. Yours very truly S. T. Forbes I found Prof [illegible] had specimens of the flowers you gave me] [1872]My dear Mr MuirI have only just received your note & its contents, thank you very much. the bulbs & seeds are at Mr Forbes's office & I have ordered them sent to my gardener to take care of until the ground thaws - at present it is covered with snow & ice & frozen so that it rather looks like the beginning[in margin: is always kind & gentle - his daughter my [illegible] wife is in Europe with my son & their four children Three are boys & I hope will show]
Location
[Boston, Mass.]
Date Original
[1872 Winter]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 15.5 x 23 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0749-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0749
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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.
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
