Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mrs. [Jeanne C.] Carr
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#56 Yosemite Valley Feb 13 / 72 ------Dear friend Mrs Carr, Your latest letter is dated Dec 31st. I see that some of our letters are missing. I rec'd the box & ate the berries & Liebys extractum long ago & told you all about it but Mrs Yelverstons book & magazine articles I have not yet seen perhaps it may come next mail. How did you send them. I sympathize with your face & your great sorrows but you will bathe in the fountain light & life & love of our mountains & be healed & here I wish to say that when you & [Al'?] & the Doctor come I wish to be completely free. Therefore let me know that you will certainly come & when. I will gladly cut off a slice of my seasons time however thick, the thicker the better, & lay it aside for you. I am in the habit of asking so many to come come come to the mountain baptisms that there is danger of having others on my hands when you come wh must not be, I will mark off one or two or three months of bare dutiless time for our blessed selves or the few good & loyal ones that you may choose therefore at the expense even of breaking a dozen of civilizations laws & fences, I want you to come. For the High Sierra the months of July Aug' & Sept" are best --- As for your Asiatic sayings, I would gladly creep into the vale of Cashmere or any other grove upon our blessed star. I feel my poverty in general knowledge & will travel some day
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1872 Feb 13
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25.5 x 20 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0685-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0685
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
