Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Daniel Muir, Jr]
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[1869] Yosemite Valley Dec 8thDear Doctor Your last with your [face?] reached me ere I started for the mts I enjoyed the ever glorious rocks & waters of this godly temple, but I was called from the world of Natures beauty to the hard outside world of mortal facts. I am engage ed to make a sawmill in this place & so will be here all winter It seems most sacreligious to mar the harmonies of these divine waterfalls with the screeching of a mill – to set the white waters of Yo semite to work ere it is tranquil in its passage from the sky. Winter will soon turn the key upon us & we will be locked, “Snowbound” in this the grandest earthly mansion that the Lord has in all the open world. But you must write for Indian Tom comes to the valley once a month on snow-shoes & brings the mail. Of course you are busy & happy among your wise men & bones
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1869 Dec 5
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0189-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0189
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Huntington Library. 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
