Creator
J. H. Mellichamp
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[2][illegible]gia, perhaps also to the [illegible] office in Washington, at [illegible] to a dead certainty to [illegible] humble servant in the village of Bluffton [illegible]. Let that suffice for the present. it is a beautifully bound book in half calf, with marbled paper, red mo[illegible], & well deserving the beautiful binding, the gilding on the lower side [illegible] for I am reading it again with renewed relish for the sweet "Georgia scenes", [illegible] alas! the burning of Columbia, !!Shame upon the [illegible] who was equal to lying about his work too—. When I stopped in Charleston at my Brothers, I started early in the morning[3]for my old Home, reached here in the afternoon not forgetting to stop at the swamp where the flrs of [illegible] bloomed in June - but of course the bloom was all over, but the C[illegible] had appeared, but they were not rose tinted as I have often seen them in the Autumn time, but they wore their usual rather [illegible] colour of green. I essayed to jump across the ditch of mud, ooze, sand, as I am not as active as in the sweet days of my glorious youth - down I come in the ditch splash, so stuck fast, had to call lustily to my black driver [by?] name Amos [Jadsden?] with whom I commenced life here years ago, he pulled me out of my dilemma very nicely!
Location
Bluffton, S. C.
Date Original
1903 Aug 9
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 26.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir13_0762-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 13, Image 0762
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
