Creator
H[enry] Edwards
Recipient
John Muir
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[2]Small box which you sent me, are 4 [pieces?] new to my collection, & 2 of these are new to science. I cannot if I write for a week, tell you how interesting they are to me. All the [specimens?] are rare, & are different from those found in the valley. The 2 new [pieces?] are the bright crimson copper one from Cathedral Peak, & one of the small [illegible] butterflies. There is a [illegible] of greenish yellow ones, very rare & interesting. The [illegible] ones described [from a pair only which?] were taken by the Geol. Survey at the head waters of the Taolumne River, [illegible] [illegible] no other have turned up until you found it now. If you see some, get all you can, a hundred will not be too many. You see how greedy I am. The [Parnassin?] (i.e. them with the red [pots?]) are [3]also of special interest to me, [and I am?] busy studying the whole g[illegible]. In fact I have not for a very long time received so truly interesting [illegible] of butterflies, & I thank you for them with my whole heart. Muir, I do not say this for the sake of saying it, but it is true, & as I really mean it. It is really very [illegible] that a few [illegible] from the Yosemite should produce their so very different [furs those of the valley itself, & at the?] same time so characteristic in their form. It is another of the beautiful fields for thought which your wonderful region opens up, & which [illegible] you lovely mountains so [illegible] to a [illegible] . I hope you will go on to find your [illegible] & best enjoyment away such seems & that in the end [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
Location
San Francisco
Date Original
1871 Aug 25
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0505-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0505
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
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
