Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Jeanne C.] Carr
Preview
Transcription
I would have been with you ere this to tell you about it & to give you some lilies & pine tassels that I brought for you & Mrs McChesney & Ina Coolbrith but alack! I am battered & scarred like a log that has come down the Tuolumne in flood-time & I am also lame with frost nipping. Nothing serious however & I will be well & better than before in a few days. I was caught in a violent snow storm & held upon the summit of the mountain all night in my shirt sleeves. The intense cold, & the want of food & sleep made the fire of life smoulder & burn low. Nevertheless in company with another [deleted: tough] strong mountaineer I broke through six miles of frosty snow down into the timber & reached fire & food & sleep, & am better than ever with all the valuable experiences. Altogether I have had a very instructive & delightful trip.[in margin: The bryanthus you wanted was snow buried & I was too lame to dig it out for you but I will probably be back ere long. Ill be over in a few days or so]
Location
[San Francisco]
Date Original
1875 May 4
Source
Original letter dimensions: 31 x 21.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0303-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0303
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
