Creator
A[sa] Gray
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
glacier-ice, but in spicy wild perfume. What Pine seeds were those you sent - in a letter envelope no long ago - have been here 2 or 3 weeks. Your vivid delineation of glacier-life in its last throes, is reproduced in Silliman's Journal for Jan'. Good Torrey was here a month ago - lively, but growing feeble. Ever yours A. Gray with heartiest wishes for the New Year.00563 BOTANIC GARDEN, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. January 4 1872My Dear Muir Your letter of the 18th Dec. has been here 4 or 5 days. To-night comes the nice - glorious - package by Express. I have taken out the plentiful Torreya seeds, poked thro. a wilderness of superb Pilea mucro- ermata - & some Liliales all in first rate condition but dare not go farther in the warm room for fear of awaking the Primulas. Yet they, I see, were so admirably put up that they must
Location
Cambridge, Mass
Date Original
1872 Jan 4
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0629-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0629
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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
