Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[James Davie] Butler

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[4]Muir[1] Ind'p'l's Apr 27thProf' Butler Dear friend, Your message of sympathy & cheer came in my deepest need, when I was lost - lost in the darkness of that terrible valley which has gashed my life in tovain from side to side - I was weak in mind as in body - all of my lessons of forti- tude were forgotten - the comforts of religion did not come to me, be- cause my mental powers were stricken down, - all that my spiritual ap- petite craved wad sympathy and of this your letter was full

Location

Ind[iana]p[o]l[i]s, [Ind]

Date Original

[1867] Apr 27

Resource Identifier

muir01_1042-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 01, Image 1042

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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 2

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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