Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mrs. [Jeanne C.] Carr
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[2]the balmiest spring sunshine into the blue other of our valley gulp[illegible]. But ere long ragged lumps of cloud began to appear all along the Valley rim, coming gradually into closer ranks, & rising higher like rock additions to the walls; From the top of them cloud- banks, fleecy fingers orchid out from both sides & met over the middle of the meadows, gradually thickening & blackening untill at night big confident snowflakes began to fall. We thought that the last [illegible] had been withered & reaped long ago by the glowing sun, for the blue- birds & whins sang spring, & so also did the bland unsteady winds, & the brown meadow opposite the house was spotted here & there with blue violets, Ca[illegible] spikes were shooting up through the dead leaves[3]& the cherry, & brier rose were unfolding their leaves; & besides these spring [note?] may a sweet mark & word that I cannot tell, but snow fell all the hours of today in cold winter earnest & [now?] at evening there rests upon rocks, trees, & weeds, as full & ripe a harvest of snow flowers as I ever beheld in the stormiest most opague days of mid winter Apr 13thAbout 12 inches of snow fell in that last snow storm. It dis- appeared as suddenly as it came snatched away hastily almost before it had time to melt, as if a mistake had been made in allowing it to come here at all A week of Spring days bright in every hour without a stain or thought of the storm came in glorious[6]great deal to say to you which I will not try to write Remember me most cordially to the Doctor & to Allie & all the boys, I am much obliged to you for those [botanical?] notes etc. & I am ever most cordially yours John MuirApril 5.1870.00504
Location
Yosemite
Date Original
1870 Apr 5, 13
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0245-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0245
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
