Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[Charles L.] Biedenbach

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Transcription

Martinez, Cal.Nov. 24, 1902.Dear Mr. Biedenbach:Rest assured I shall be with you December 1st if I can possibly find a way through the confounded tangle of obligations that holds me here. I see no opening however as yet, or anything that promises one, therefore, much as it destresses me to seem wanting in appreciation of the Kindness and honor of your invitation, I must warn you not to count on me.After escaping the common dangers of the wilderness, these kind invitations and honors of civilization are like to be the death of me, for from some strange mysterious cause they come flying about me thick as snowflakes and give no end of sore trouble in crying to explain apoor wanderer's inability to accept them.Faithfully Yours[illegible]

Location

Martinez, Calif.

Date Original

1902 Nov 24

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir12_0815-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 12, Image 0815

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

Unknown

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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