Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Emily [O. Pelton ]
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Transcription
[Page 2] of ground for botanical specimens, which preserved in water were analyzed at night. My task was seldom completed before twelve or one o’clock. I was just thinking today that soon the little anemones would be peering above ground. You inquire whether or no I intend to study medicine. I did intend to give attention to that branch of science at Ann Arbor, but my plans have, for the present, been broken up. I have by no means however given up all hope of still finding an opportunity to pursue this favorite study some other time. You speak, Emily, of that feeling of [ ] which at times weighs upon you. You have indeed much to cause grief. I frequently wonder how you can so well bear up under as many great trials; we little know what burdens are prepared for us. My brother-in-law truly said a few
Location
Fountain Lake, [Wisc.]
Date Original
1864 Feb 27
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
1864 Feb 27 JM to friend Emily
File Identifier
MSS 307 Muiriana
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
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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
1864 Feb 27 JM to friend Emily p2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
