Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[John V.] Cheney
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Martinez. Oct. 3. 1894My dear CheneyI thought on reading your witty rhyme before noticing the title--cylindrical thing without leg without wing Glazed membrane stuffed with motion sly India-rubber [illegible] etc.--Reading thus far I thought you were describing a bicycle after being run down. but of course soon saw your twister mysterious & his relation to the lady initialI think it's capitalextend our poor earthborn companion & fellow mortal full length, paint him in his own colors. & send him to Gilder in all his beauty such as it is & all his limber longitude.Many thanks. This is the first fair & kind word I have ever heard for friend op[illegible]. But you must take the fun ot of your lines & get to the standpoint of genuine brotherhood Cordially yoursJohn Muir
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1894-10-03T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir08_0423-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0423
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Huntington Library, Muir Family Papers, HM 57349-57497. 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
