Creator
A. O. R.
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[4]Cherry trees are not known in California - as I remember it the trunk must have been two feet & a half in diameter, the tree itself 60 or 80 feet high _ & its branches propotionately larger & spreading - the cherries were black - not large - not nearly as large as the California varieties but - a boys appreciation made them huge! Your red variety was to me the best, though both kind, were delicious. Thank you very much for the thought.[Stairzon?] got any place for a young man to learn fruit farming - willing to work but with everything to learn.Please present my compliments to Mrs Muir whom I hope some AM to meet. I [illegible] that you did not come to my house as my [illegible]Sincerely yours A.O.R.[1]San Francisco 1023 Washington St 16th Jun 86Prof. John Muir My dear Muirpardon my offence on failing to ack- =nowledge your kindness in lending me the "Bulletin" Clipping, Containing an acct of your visit to the National Park. I read it with great interest. I was -am sorry not to have been there to see what you so graph= =ically describe. [The?] rising & falling of the giant Columns of [Water?] is beyond ones power to comprehend - it is awe inspiring to think of the power applied to project
Location
San Francisco, [Calif]
Date Original
1886 Jun 16
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir05_0662-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0662
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
