Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Sarah and David [Galloway]
Transcription
00328
June 1st /63
Dear Sarah & David Unless hindered by circumstances not seen now I shall be at Watsons Thursday 18th I am sorry that you have not been able to visit me as I will not return to Madison but will go somewhere much farther away so that you will not be so able to reach me as now I cannot do anything towards analyzing your plant Sarah without the flower I mean to be happy for a few days around Fountain Lake in collecting specimens for my
herbalism I returned last Saturday evening from a long ramble of 25 miles through marshes mud and brushwood with a heavy basketful of flowers, weeds moss and bush things having made five or six visits besides and pressed 30 specimens or more so you need not cry over my sober face I am not so feeble you see You would like the study of Botany It is the most exciting thing in the form of even amusement much more of study that I ever knew very unlike the grave tangled Greek and Latin - but I will see you soon. Goodbye Affectionately yours J Muir.
I had almost forgotten Sarah to tell you that I was elected judge in one of the debating clubs a short time ago, also president of the Young Mens Christian A[illegible]. You say that you expect something great bye and bye, Am not I great now
Location
[Madison, Wisc]
Date Original
1863 Jun 1
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.0 x 24.5 cm
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Sarah and David Galloway, 1863 Jun 1" (1863). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1137.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1137
Resource Identifier
muir01_0545-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 0545
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.
Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. 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
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
