Title

Letter from John Muir to [A. H., Fay and Frank ?] Sellers, 1904 Jun 16.

Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[A. H., Fay and Frank ?] Sellers

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Transcription

4account of cholera. From Port Said went to Ceylon, & thence away down on the south end of the world to Australia & New Zealand - Thence by way of Port Darwin & Timor through the M[illegible] Archipelago to Manila - to Hong Kong again, Ca[illegible] Shanghai, Negasaki, Kobe, Yoko [illegible], Tokio, & home by Honolulu. Had glorious time in India - the highest Himalaya peaks, glaciers, deodar forests, great Banian trees, temples, swarms of strange people, wild monkeys etc. Found Old Egypt interesting also.- its long green palmy valley between brown deserts, marvellous [towns?] temples & monuments of the lang syne of humanity opening telling views into history & making the dead live again. Had perfectly glorious reviving times in Australia & New Zealand. Their floras are so novel & exciting I had to begin my botanical studies over again, made big piles of specimens, working night & day, counting all labor as nothing. How long this letter & little in it definite. Good bye Ever yoursJohn Muir

Location

Martinez [Calif.]

Date Original

1904-06-16 00:00

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir14_0242-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 14, Image 0242

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library . 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