Creator

[John Muir]

Recipient

[Jeanne C.] Carr

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Transcription

[Apr. 3, 1871] [1]Midnight #63O Mrs Carr that you could be here to mingle in this nightnoon glory. I am in the upper Yo-Sem falls & can hardly calm to write but from my first baptism hours ago you, have been so present that I must try to fix you a written thought In the afternoon I came up the mountain here with a blanket & a piece of bread to spend the night in prayer among the spirits of this fall

Location

[Yosemite]

Date Original

1871 Apr 3

Source

Original letter dimensions: 13.5 x12 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir02_0403-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 02, Image 0403

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 1

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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