Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[Robert Underwood] Johnson

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MartinezSep 13, 1889My dear Mr Johnson,Your telegram & letters reached me in due time I fancy you think me deadly dumb, & so I am nearly. I have been stupidly busy & that is my only excuse. A horde of oriental heathen besides Swiss Dutch Irish etc to look after, & Pic.Cal. into the bargain. By shutting myself up in a room of the Old Grand for two weeks I made out to wriggle through the woods of Washington & over the waters of Puget Sound. Then came howls for the Columbia & I shut myself up again from grapes & heathen for a week but I am still entangled in the woods where rolls the O

Location

Martinez, [Calif]

Date Original

1889 Sep 13

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir06_0239-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 06, Image 0239

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

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