Creator
S. Hall Young
Recipient
John Muir
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014142ever seen. The engravings are beyond criticsm & only surpassed by the descriptions. I shall await the other numbers with impatience. I did not get to San Francisco at all after leaving Alaska. I bid farewell to my "beautiful fruitful wilderness" in July '88, stopped a few weeks in Or. & then went direct to Los Angeles, & soon settled at Long Beach, where I preached until the first of last month. I have come to Pa. to remain. I shall soon be settled, I hope, over a good congregation, where I shall have a good field of usefulness, & where I shall receive a salary sufficient for my wants & those of my family. I hope at last to have a home, which is a luxury I have never yet enjoyed. My dear wife & my two girls, Abbie - 10 1/2, & Alaska, 9, are still at Long Beach. I don't want them to travel in the hot season, 3& I want to have a place all ready for them when they do come. I keep quite busy, lecturing, preaching & writing. I have at last commenced my book on Alaska. It will be a narrative of personal experiences & impressions. My life was so full of adventure there that it ought not to lack variety. The descriptions of scenery will give me most pleasure in writing, & the long poems you & I read together on the sublime pages of that country will occupy a principal place. The adventure I tell oftenest, & with most effect in lectures & sermons is your rescue of my helpless self from that frightful predicament in the mountain. And believe me, my wonder at your strength & gentle skill, and my gratitude, grow with the years. I shall publish some of the chapters of my book in the
Location
Butler, Butler Co., Pa.
Date Original
1890 Apr 17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 22.5 x 14 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir06_0425-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0425
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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.
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
