Letter from John Muir to Daniel H. Muir, 1866 Nov 19

Creator

John Muir

Recipient

Daniel [H. Muir]

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Transcription

[3]to get two new pieces the same number of inches in hight and the same number of inches in length and the same number of inches in breath and the same color on both the upper and under sides And on both ends and on the other sides and file them exactly the same way and so on for days and days and weeks and weeks and months and months and years and years, and even supposing you got far as manufacturing engine (steam ones I mean) and made a hundred a day every bolt and bar and rod and screw in each would be alike likely and soon there would be but precious little more fun in the business or romance either than there would in the wonderful manufacture of everduring fencing material from the mighty and majestic ever young everlalsting and God made oaks. This you call "splitting rails" well the [illegible] black machines as he trys to cough up the [illegible] and brassy and irony and I don't know all wha[illegible] mixture had just such a name for his business If however you could get a practical knowledge so that you would know how machines and machine material acts you would know better how to make new ones. Ill now tell at one breath what I think you had better do (((turn over)))[3]

Location

[Indianapolis, Ind.]

Date Original

[1866] Nov 19

Resource Identifier

muir01_0888-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 01, Image 0888

Copyright Status

Copyrighted

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Owning Institution

The Huntington Library. 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 3