Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Charles Sprague] Sargent
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Transcription
4That Alleghany trip you so kindly offer is mighty tempting. It has stirred up wild lovers longings to renew my acquiantance with old forest friends & gain new ones under such uncomparable auspices. I'm just dying to see basswood & shell bark & liriodendron once more. When could you start, & when would you have me meet you? I think I might get away from here about the middle of July & go around by the great northern & lakes, stopping a few days on old familiar ground about the shores of Georgian Bay. I want to avoid cities & dinners as much as possible & travel light & free. If tree lovers could only grow bark & bread on their bodies how fine it would be, making even handbags useless!Ever YoursJohn MuirWhile trying to avoid people as much as possible & seeing only you & trees I should if I make this eastern trip want to call on Mrs. Asa Gray for I heartly love and admire Gray & in my mind his memory fades not at all.
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1898 Jun 7
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir10_0191-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0191
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Archives, Boston, Massachusetts. 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 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
