Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[ ] Rodgers
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Transcription
[First draft of letter - in note-book, #59] (67)
Martinez, Oct. 21, [1900]
My dear Mr. Rodgers:
I hope sometime to have the great pleasure of a trip with you among the 150 to 200 ft. Texas and southern burr oak prairies, that you will take me and I'll go. I know that I have not seen the grandest oaks from what Sargent told me, and I am very glad to get your notes on these trees. I think the tallest oaks I ever saw were Michaux' in Alabama near Tuscaloosa. I don't think you have seen our grandest live oaks, the rugged strength of their far-reaching arms is perfectly sublime.
I had a good time this summer with Dr. Merriam and his sister Mrs. Bayley and her husband in the Sierra on the head-waters of the Truckee, Carson, Mokelumne, Stanislaus. Tuolumne, and Merced, descending to the lowlands and hard work by way of Yo[semite].
Charlie Keeler has just got out a book of poems. When are you coming west again? When you do, come to my house and make it your headquarters.
Yours,
J. M.
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Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1900 Oct 20
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir11_0389-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0389
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
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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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 7
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
