Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Florence M] Bailey
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(Original in possession of Mrs. Florence Merriam Bailey)
Adamana, Ariz., Feb. 15, 1906.
Dear Mrs. Bailey:
We all thank you for your kind friendly encouraging letter. Helen is getting better but will probably be here or hereabouts another year or more. Both Wanda and I are with her most of the time the old California home is closed, though I have to go. back occasionally on business affairs.
I have many pleasant memories of your father's visit to Yosemite. He wanted me to go to Washington with him to take a place on some of the Geological surveys which he was sure he could get for me, but I was then only beginning my studies and was too shy and diffident to show myself in any public place.
Mr. King I also remember. He gave me a small painting of a group of Yosemite oaks in their fine autumn colors. It is now in my study. As for writing I've done scarce a line since last summer's sorrow-laden days, though many of the publishers keep on asking for books or magazine articles. I hope to be able to do something soon. In the meantime I am making some headway in studying the fossil forests hereabouts. They are fairly enchanting -- pine, Araucaria, Calamites, Sigillaria, tree ferns, etc. which flourished gloriously millions of years ago in the bogs and woods of the Carboniferous period.
Are any of you coming this way next year? We would be delighted to show you our stony treasures. With kindest regards,
Ever faithfully yours,
(Signed)
JOHN MUIR
Location
Adamana, Ariz.
Date Original
1906 Feb 15
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir16_0095-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 0095
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Wisconsin Historical Society. 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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
