Creator
H[enr]y Edwards
Recipient
[John Muir]
Preview
Transcription
[2]Except in Botany, & perhaps partially in Paleontology. Alaska is yet unknown to scientists, & as far as the insects are concerned, we are as ignorant, generally speaking, as we are of Kerguelen's Land. So, that in fact, every insect collected in any part of Alaska would carry with it a record of novelty, & bear to the entomologists in all parts of the world a message from a mysterious region. I am afraid I am too late, but if this should come to your hand before you leave the land of perpetual snow, let me beg of you to remember me as of old & collect some Lepidoptera for me. Among these flowers that [illegible] [pink?] [illegible] in the Alaskian Yosemite you will surely find much that is of great value to me, in fact, you cannot go wrong in the matter. But it is possible that this may reach you too late for anything this summer. In that case, for I know you are to go to[3]Alaska again, it will help to keep me in remembrance on the occasion of your second visit. We heard, though only by a sort of side wind, that you were married. I hope with all my heart that it is so, for I know you will be very happy. Your wife & yourself will always have, you may be assured, the most affectionate regard & good wishes of me & mine. I used to see Mr Emerson often while in Boston & he always inquired most kindly for you. He is breaking fast, his memory is going, but the brightness of the eye is still there, & now & then the giant intellect flashes as of old. He told me the last time I met him, viz about 2 months ago, that you were to be sure to visit him at Concord when you came East. I think there is no one whom, in his declining years, he would be more glad to see. We hoped you would have been on here before this, as
Location
New York
Date Original
1880 Nov 4
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0350-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0350
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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
