Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Emily [O. Pelton]
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[3]I do not forget the first long ramble we had these years ago when we passed through Pr du Chin, the specimens which I then collected though not very well pr[illegible] have many interesting operations, I wish I could pass again over the same route, I have not made any very long excursions this spring for plants, and perhaps may not this summer, though by no means acquainted with all that inhabit our meadows & woods, the mosses especially, thickens so well represented here are comparatively little known, a good microscope is indispensible in their analysis do you ever find time to botanize - these cold limestone rocks so abundant in your neigh- borhood is an excellent field for ferns and many other interesting plants which will grow not where else We have been making a flower garden arround our home here If you have any flower seeds which it would not yet be too late to sow, and which we have not, will you be so good as send us a few. We have dasies, & hiliss , & [illegible] & common cowslip, & thyme, a few kinds of phlox, hya[illegible], [illegible], and a few other common flowers. I have thought & thought about Mrs Goodrich; you will of course know how she is. will you please tell me particularly about her in your next I am always very happy to hear anything concerning my friends It seems long since I heard from Mrs Newton I wrote her about nine months ago, Father Newton of Mass' is also one [epistle?] in debt What has become of Byron Hewitt, Do you ever hear from Mrs Johnson or
Location
Near Meaford, [Canada]
Date Original
1865 May 23
Resource Identifier
muir01_0696-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0696
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Wisconsin Historical Society. 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
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
