Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mrs. [L.] Strentzel
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Transcription
[underlined: 53] 1419 Taylor St San Fran’ June 20th 1878Dear Mrs Strentzel; Your kind note has just came to hand, I appreciate your motherly care, but what can a body do? If an explorer of Gods fine wildernesses should wait until every danger be removed than he would wait until the sun set. The war country lies to the north of our line of work some two or three hundred miles. Some of the Pah Utes have gone with to join the B[illegible] & those left behind are not to be trusted, but we will be well armed, & they will not dare to attack a party like ours unless they mean to declare war, however gladly they might seize the opportunity of killing a lonely & unknown explorer. In any case we will never be more than two hundred miles from the railroad. We are nearly ready & will set out in a day or two.[in margin: 00798]
Location
1419 Taylor St. San Fran[cisco, Calif]
Date Original
1878 Jun 20
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0840-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0840
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
