Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Jeanne C.] Carr
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Transcription
[5]I have been groping among the flowers a good deal lately. Our trees are now in leaf but the leaves as Mrs Browning would say are "scarce long enough for wearing". The dear little conservative spring mosses have elevated thei rcapsules on their smooth shining shafts and stand side by side in full stature, & full fashion, every ornament & covering carefully numbered and painted & sculptured as were those of their Adams & Eves; every cowl properly plaited, and drawn far enough down -every hood with the [proper] dainty slant, their fashions never changing because
Location
Ind[ianapolis, Ind.]
Date Original
[1867] May 2
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.0 cm
Resource Identifier
muir01_1052-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 1052
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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.
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
