Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Jeanne C. Carr]
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Transcription
[B]beautiful truth concerning snow structure, & three concerning the forms of forest trees. These earthquakes have made me immensely rich I had long been aware of the life & gentle tenderness of the rocks & instead of walking upon them as unfeeling surfaces began to regard them as a transparent sky now they hove spoken with audible voice (&) pulsed with common motion - This very instant just as my pen reached (&) on the third line above, my cabin creaked with a sharp shock & the oil waved in my lamp We had several shocks last night. I would like to go somewhere on the west South American coast to study Earthquakes. I think I could invent some experimental 00531
Location
[Yosemite]
Date Original
[1871 Apr 3-8]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x12.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0417-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0417
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
