Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[J. E.] Calkins
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Transcription
Martinez, March 7, 1908Dear Mr Calkins:I'm sorry that my sadly mixed affairs should have had so discouraging an influence on your own, & caused you to write so many long letters. Illness & business have prevented me from doing any literary work since last I saw you, [not?] if Mrs Calkins & yourself had been here all winter could I have furnished you with a single hour's work.I can't compose when my children are dangerously sick or when I am sick or bothered by business, & even when all is tranquil none is able to help me compose, but only to take down a first rough draft from dictation & to put in type after all the real work is done. I am getting09205
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1908 Mar 7
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir17_0275-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 0275
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
