Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[Daniel H. Muir]

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Address Snellings as beforeI pray [thee?] have me excused Postscriptum. I have the toothacheYour letter reached me in eight or nine days with your everlasting shades. I think that you look [their?]. Do not allow your efforts to cure others bring disease upon yourself Do not study too hard. Now that you have a sweetheart advise of this kind is necessary Why did you not send her photo also I would like to see her give her my best wishes & tell her to veto all overexertion & haste on your part to go into business. I am not going to leave Cala.' till the spring. Tomorrow I start for the Mountains Yo Semite I am enchanted & cannot leave them. I want to hear some of the winter sermons preached their. Farewell Tomorrow I will be trudging up the mountains burdened like Christian in pilgrims progress. Success for you brother Goodbye JM[4]

Location

Near La Grange, [Calif. ]

Date Original

[1869] Nov 15

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir02_0181-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 02, Image 0181

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 4

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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