Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Emily [O. Pelton]
Preview
Transcription
but expect them here this summer. I wish you could come when they are here Mrs Carr was frequently at Pr du Chien & I think you know her You ask me to tell my work well it so happened by a great coincidence that the [illegible[ay your letter arrived I began [illegible] lumber for repairs on the [illegible] tory house & tomorrow I am [illegible] to begin tearing down muslin partitions, that you spoke of I made a saw mill for Mr H this winter, & have been operating it lately, this together with various jobs of carpenter work & the feeding of a herd of hateful gobblers is my terrestrial employment & visible means of support I do not think you will re- cognize me, like John the Baptist I dwell in the wilderness & have a leathern girdle about my loins & I wear sackcloth & when I camp out I have ashes on my head & on my whole body[in margin: There are two families in [illegible] besides some]
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1870 May 15
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0275-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0275
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Wisconsin Historical Society. 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 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
