Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
Sarah [Muir Galloway]
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Transcription
00758 [1] [1877] Thanksgiving eve at old 1419 Taylor StMy dear Sister Sarah – I find an unanswered letter [illegible] yrs dated Sep 23d & though I have been very hungry on the mtns a few weeks ago I have just been making bountiful amends at a regular turkey thank feast of the old New England type I must make an effort to answer it however incapacitated by “stuffing” for [illegible] upon it this Turkish method of thanks does make the simplest kind of literary effort hard, - ones brains go heavily along the easiest lines like a laden wagon in a bog but I can at least answer your questions – The Prof’ Gray I was with on Shasta is the writer of the school botanys the most distinguished botanist in America, & Sir Joseph Hooker is the leading botanist of England. We had a fine rare time together in the Shasta forests discussing the botanical characters of the grandest comfe[illegible] trees in the world camping out & enjoying ourselves in pure freedom – Gray is an old friend that led around Yosemite Years ago & with whom I have corresponded for a long time. Sir Joseph I never met before He is a fine cordial Englishman
Location
1419 Taylor St. [San Francisco, Calif]
Date Original
[1877 Nov 29]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 31 x 40 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0619-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0619
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
