Creator
Sallie J. Kennedy
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[4]safety and your companions also preserved. I hope nothing in your experiences will ever again approach it. I am just a little distrustful. Before coming to Berkshire I passed five weeks among relatives in N.W. Pennsylvania. There I rejoiced in beautiful views – long drives and rambles, and many days on beautiful sheets of water. Nothing do I see that delights me but a little shadow that’s over me with the thought “how our little party of last summer would enjoy this. Heart, mind, and body, have been repressed. it is time almost I was turning home-ward, but from here on the 28th I expect to go to New York – then Brooklyn, then Morristown – to be at home by October 15th I am anx- ious to see some of a New England Autumn. Already a few branches and 00815 [1] Abby Lodge Sep. 15th, 1878.My dear Mr Muir. Where are you just now? Listening [ for answer will avail nothing?] – none can come. This is a beautiful Sabbath day. One year ago where were we wandering? Your welcome letter came two days since, I was happy to have so long a lone, which could tell me so much. Scold you? So I am only thankful for your escape from your perilous expedition. I do not associate with you the thought of heedlessness or unneces- sary exposure to danger. (This is I fear an admission.) I know you would not act evilfully or blindly. I am passing three weeks in the country between Pittsfield and Lenox, Mass. visiting a particular friend Miss Lathers.
Location
Abby Lodge [Mass.]
Date Original
1878 Sep 15
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 26.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0914-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0914
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
