Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Annie Kennedy] Bidwell & General [John Bidwell]
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Transcription
Martinez, April 19th, 1890Dear Mrs. Bidwell & General,Ive been thinking of you every day since dear Parry died. It seems as if all the good flower people, at once great & good, have died now that Parry has gone: Torrey, Gray, Kellogg, & Parry. Plenty more botanists left but none we love like them. Men more amiable apart from their intellectual power I never knew - so perfectly clean and pure they were - pure as lilies yet tough & unyielding in mental fibre as live oaks. O dear! It makes me feel lonesome though many lovely souls remain. Never shall I forget the charming evenings I spent with Torrey in Yosemite & with Gray after the days rambles were over & they told their stories of their lives, Torrey fondly telling all about Gray, Gray about Torrey, all in one summer, and then
Location
Martinez, [Calif]
Date Original
1890 Apr 19
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir06_0431-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0431
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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
