Creator

[John Muir]

Recipient

C. M. Bellshaw

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Martinez, Cal. Jan. 28/05.Mr. C. O. Wayland,The Yo Nat Park now heart-whole & complete with an area of about 1500 sq m in many ways unrivalled & of the most songful rivers in the world flow through it dotted with lakes 2.5 gls flowing & grinding on the high snowy mtns - innumerable silky lawns & the noblest & most [illegible] coniferous forests in the [illegible] granite cliffs & waterfalls.North Cal in the United States or the world begin to know grandeur you must go & see it next summer. It is already famous but its fame will grow & in saving to the world you have immortalized yourself.

Location

[Martinez, Calif.]

Date Original

circa [1905 Feb 28]

Source

Original letter dimensions: 21 x 13.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir15_0272-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 15, Image 0272

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 2

Keywords

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

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