Creator
Marion Foster Washburne
Recipient
John Muir
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[6]complete as two beings who have wilted under nearly a half-century of civilization can be expected to survive. We are humiliated to confess that we are still tied tight by one leg at least to the customary feeding-places. We want mail once in a while, & a store for supplies. If we are permitted to do so in a National park we should be glad to make a little garden, keep a few chickens & a cow - & thus become a trifle more independent. Can we do this?But barring these necessities we want this year to be as simple & silent & premieval as we can man-[7]age to get. We don't want people, for a while, even the [kindest?], but the different, deep wisdom of trees & hills.When you write of the Sequoias at worship at sunset, I read with dim eyes & a heart full of an aching homesickness.x x x xIf I were coming north just now I would surely avail myself of your considerate invitation to talk with you personally. I know we should be friends at once. - for my spirit answers to that which yours speaks in your books _ I'm going to take only a dozen or so with us into the wilderness, but at least two of yours05530
Location
Hollywood, [Calif.]
Date Original
1913 Sep 7
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 12.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir21_0730-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 0730
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 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
