Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mrs. [Jeanne C.] Carr
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Transcription
[in margin: #64] [letterhead:] Pen Sentinel Hotel A. C. BLACK, Proprietor. Yo Semite Valley July 6th 187[2]Dear Mrs Carr. Yours of Tuesday eve telling of our Doggetts & Ned & Merrill Moores, has come. so has the lamp & book I Have not yet tried the lamp but it is splendid in shape & shines grand as gold. The Lyell is just what I wanted I think that your measure of the Doggetts is exactly right, as good as civilized people can be They have grown to the top of town culture & have sent out some shoots half- gropingly into the spirit sky. I am very glad to know that Ned is growing strong, perhaps we may South America together yet. I hope to see you come to your own of mountain fountains soon Perhaps Mrs Hutchings may go with us. You live so fully in my own life that I cannot realize that I have not yet seen you here, a year or two of waiting seems nothing Possibly I may be down on your
Location
New Sentinel Hotel Yo Semite Valley
Date Original
187[2] Jul 6
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25.5 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0841-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0841
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
