Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mrs. [Jeanne C.] Carr
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[4]Mr Hutchings has not yet returned from Washington & so I will be here all summer I have not heard from you since January I had a letter the other day from Prof' Butler He has been glancing & twinkling about among the towns of all the states at a most unsubstantral velocity May 17. 1870 Did you see the gold of the Joaquin plains this spring There is a later gold in October which you must see Remember me warmly to Dr Carr & all the boys #44 & I remain always most cordially yours John Muir ________________Yosemite, [illegible] Big Oak [illegible]00512[1] [1870] Yosemite May 17thDear friend Mrs CarrOur valley is just gushing throbbing full of open absorbable beauty & I feel that I must tell you about it, I am lonely among my enjoyments - the valley is full of visitors but I have no one to talk to The season that is with us now is about what corresponds to full fledged spring in Wisconsin The oaks are in full leaf & have shoots long enough to bend over & move on the wind The good old breaken is waist high already & almost all the rock ferns have their outermost fronds unrolled Spring is in full power & is steadily reaching higher like a shadow & will will soon reach the topmost h[illegible]
Location
Yosemite
Date Original
[1870] May 17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0281-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0281
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
