Creator
James D[avie] Butler
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
Madison, Wis. Xmas 1886John Muir Esq. My dear Friend, of old, and of always.You are not dead, or deaf, or dumb._ Your statistics are good._ but all sticks are dry, _ or distasteful_ save sticks of candy.+Enclosed I place my accounts of our [illegible] in the Yosemite._ which I think still the most notable inistance of Telepathy as yet known to me Pray write out for me your memory of your impressions which led you to come down into the valley seeking me._ They ought to be records in your own words.I also want a word of your Yellowstone route. So I wrote, I was there in '83.Would that you were eating Xmas with us today. We have but one of our four at home,_ Agnes_ the youngest - and concentrating all the best of chore before. The oldest railing in Iowa. Henry is at Superior on Lake Superior - where he is doing well as a lawyer, _ and yet also remains scholarly.
Location
Madison, Wisc.
Date Original
1886 [Dec 25]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 19.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir05_0746-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0746
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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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
