Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
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4work. Mr. Hutchings had built a small sawmill to get lumber for the cottages that are still standing about the old hotel. But the mill would not work. While I was camped in the valley Mr. Hutchings came to my fire one night & asked me whether I knew anything about mills. I told him I was a millwright. He then requested me to look at his mill & tell him whether or no I could make it work. Next day I told him the waterwheel & the machinery in general would have to be made over again. He then prevailed on me to undertake the job at $90.00 per month & board. I put in new machinery of the simplest kind, & by the end of winter had made
Location
Martinez, [Calif]
Date Original
1890 Oct 24
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir06_0691-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0691
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
