Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[William E.] Colby
Preview
Transcription
46[First draft of letter, in noto-book]Martinez, Jan, 28, '05.Mr. 0. 0. Way land,Dear Sir:I thank you very much for your long painstaking account of the changes being made about my first American homeMy father first settled on the farm you describe when he came from Scotland in 1849. It was then altogether unbroken in prairie wildness,and the picture of its lily-rimmed lake and its flowery ferny meadows and hills has always been hold in loving memory. Change after change followed the settlement of the country in general, but the change you have described is far the greatest of all, and one I could never have imagined. More than ever I look fondly back to the time of its perfect beauty before it felt the touch of eager restless human action.I have wandered far and wide over this beautiful world, but nothing more beautiful have l seen than that little green lake and meadow and its surrounding sandy hills in the Oak Openings" of Wisconsin. What I thought of it will in part appear in an address l made a few years ago before the S.C.[Sierra Club]/ln S. F., a copy of which I send you with this. The pictures you offer to send me 1 shall be very glad to get. Thanking you again, I am.Faithfully yours,[John Muir]03098
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Date Original
circa [19]05 Jan 28
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 17 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir15_0145-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 15, Image 0145
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 7
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
