Creator
James D[avie] Butler
Recipient
John Muir
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My daughter's husband Snow is a nervous lecturer - and the outing that suits him best in both mind and body is a voyage. Last summer he was two weeks in Berlin - and means to be this. - Aug. 20 I hope to be at Sioux City and help lay the corner-stone of an obelisk for which money has been voted by congress to mark the first step of [illegible] advance into the Trans-Missouri. - I do not hear as I once did - and would give 1/2 of my front teeth (all perfect) if I could. - but my hours of study were seldom more - and never sweeter. In tete [diacritic] a [diacritic] tetes [diacritic] I have no trouble in hearing. Still write for the Nation - some of my last were. The Emersons. No. 1822. p 422? and West Pointers No. 1826. p.498. The Nation's great merit is horror of too much. - Maximum in minimo. - Our Lib. all things considered is the miracle of the age. My 4 children are all good and are all doing good - and it is the joy of my life to witness their activities.Dum spero spiro!James D. Butler
Location
Madison, Wisc.
Date Original
1900 Jul 9
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir11_0277-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0277
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
