Creator

John Muir

Recipient

My dear [male] Cousin

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Martinez, [California] January 3, 1895

My dear Cousin:

I have already tried to find out what mistake or oversight has caused the irregularity concerning Picturesque California, and will try again. I’m glad to hear that you are all well, and heartily wish you a happy New Year. All the Muirs, both first and second crop, are well this side the broad sea as far as I have heard and I had letters from my mother and sister in Wisconsin a short time ago. I wish those boys of yours would come out to this grand wilderness and help me to explore it. I have always had to go alone, strange to say, and boys that go camping in the bogs and fogs of Ireland must I think be of the right stuff for this Sierra and Alaska work. Remember me kindly to them and to your wife and brother and all the tribe, and give them my heartiest wishes for the New Year.

Ever cordially yours, John Muir.

Location

Martinez [Calif.]

Date Original

1895 Jan 3

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20 x 13 cm.

Resource Identifier

1895 Jan 3 JM to My dear cousin

File Identifier

MSS 048 John Muir Papers

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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

Letter from John Muir to "My dear [male] Cousin" 1895 Jan 3

Keywords

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

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