Creator

Charlotte [Hoffman]

Recipient

John Muir

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[2]before I started off to p[illegible] "the mountains of separation" and "the Salt, estranging Sea" between us. But how those metaphors have lost their force in these days of sunset limited [illegible], and ocean grey hounds. The poets will have[3]to invent a new [illegible]gery.I am off for a year or more with a very intelligent and companionable girl about eighteen and I am determined make it a year of rest and delight in all the beauty [illegible] collected [together?] in the galleries [& museums?] but chiefly in all

Location

[place unknown]

Date Original

circa [ca. 1906]

Source

Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 26 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir16_0501-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 16, Image 0501

Copyright Statement

Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

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.

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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