Creator
Mrs. Orville D. Badwin
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
This is not only an air of grandeur that strikes you with awe--common to all great trees, but apart from its noble size [and his?] peculiar fineness of beauty & finishplain shaft fluted on [simple?] sweeping lines a peculiar physiognomy. What impresses you as if it were a living being belonging to a past age of mastodons, differing in aspect every feature. venerableA plentiful spring gushed out of a rock overgrown with itsa most charming prospectSo much expression in all every its features any part of the trees trunk great boughs & head seemed to think & speak
Location
San Francisco
Date Original
1901 Mar 28
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir11_0657-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0657
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
