Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Jeanne C.] Carr
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Transcription
[Original letter in mounted set of letters to Mrs. Carr: #23]To Mrs. Ezra S. CarrBrownsville, Yuba Co.,Jan. 19th, 1875.My dear Mrs. Mother Carr:Here are some of the dearest and bonniest of our Father's bairns - the little ones that so few care to see. I never saw such enthusiasm in the care and breeding of mosses as Nature manifests among these northern Sierras. I have studied a big fruitful week among the cañons and ridges of the Feather and another among the Yuba rivers, living and dead.I have seen a dead river - a sight worth going round the world to see. The dead rivers and dead gravels wherein lies the gold form magnificent problems, and I feel wild and unmanageable with the intense interest they excite, but I wi11 choke myself off and finish my glacial work and that little book of studies. I have been spending a few fine social days with Emily [Pe1ton], but now work.How gloriously it storms. The pines are in ecstasy, and I feel it and must go out to them. I must borrow a big coat and mingle in the storm and make some studies. Farewell. Love to all.M.P.S. How are Ned and Keith? I wish Keith had been with me these Shasta and Feather River days. I have gained a thousand fold more than I hoped. Heaven send you Light and the good blessings of wildness. How the rains plash and roar, and how the pines wave and pray.
Location
Brownsville [Calif.]
Date Original
1875 Jan 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 22.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0269-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0269
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
