Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
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Transcription
[6]rank & green. The sod in general all through Dakota Min & Wis is now green without a hint of drouth. So far not one hot day has been encountered since leaving Oregon & now I’m feeling pretty well though rather weak & lanquid. I mean to stop with mother about ten or twelve days. Then go to Fountain Lake one day to see the lilies that used to charm me when a boy, & the Calopoyons & Cyprep[illegible] & Osmundas - & a few of the old settlers who used to care for me & lend me books especially Mr Duncan a Scotch Mason who still remembers me. Then on to Kansas City & Crete perhaps spending a week in the two places. I should like to spend a few weeks about the Lake Region to learn the glacial inscriptions recorded there but that would throw all the labor of shipping the muscats
Location
Portage City, [Wisc]
Date Original
[1885] Aug 30
Source
Original letter dimensions: 41 x 13 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir05_0396-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0396
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 6
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
