Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Ralph Waldo] Emerson
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Transcription
John H Muir's letter to R. W. E. The letter of March 26th is a remarkable account of an Earthquake then going on in the Valley [ZWZ?] Yosemite Valley April 3d, 72Dear Emerson, Your two books came to my cabin this afternoon, Two big brown loaves, I have not seem them before. How rich I am becoming. This huge accumulation of Earthquakes & all this bread. When you were here you excited my attention to a Sweedenborgian book wh you said you had sent to Carbyle & would send to me. it never came there you sent it? Or have you forgotten it. Our Earthquake storm is still living we have many shocks every
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1872 Apr 3
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0763-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0763
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 Houghton Library, Harvard University. 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
