Creator
Louie [Strentzel] Muir
Recipient
John Muir
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[in margin: 851]01010Martinez, California. June 13, 1881.Dear John:The steamer Rodgers has been delayed from day to day waiting for supplies form the East, and now this morning’s paper states that she did not leave on Saturday as ordered, but will go tomorrow, on the way to the “unknown seas.” So again I have time before the 1.30 Express, to write a little to you. The Unknown Seas! The words chill me, and fill my mind with strange wild fears and dreams, The weird charm, and mystery, and the pitiless power! O, my beloved, do not be tempted to seek knowledge of that awful wilderness of waters and treacherous icebergs! O, the mist, and the
Location
Martinez, California
Date Original
1881 Jun 13
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0606-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0606
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
