Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mrs. A. A. Flanner
Transcription
No 59 [illegible] at Indp'l's May 15 '67
Mrs A. A Hanner
I am glad you seek my acquaintance, as I have long since desired yours. I would glady be acquainted with all botanists and with all that botanists love; I must tell you how- ever, that although a fervent lover of botany, I know very little about it - Gods precious plants are dear indeed to me, but when I walk among them I feel that I am with strangers I am not intimately ac- quainted with a single flower
you will therefore expect but little from me, and will be compelled in this matter, to practice to a considerable extent the lesson which the Saviour endeavored to beat into the stingy jews - viz to "give hoping for nothing again". I send cordial thanks Mrs Hanner for your sym- pathy. I am now pretty well. I shall endeavor to see you & your plants soon if I remain in the city.
I am yours botanically John Muir
Location
Ind[iana]p[o]l[i]s, [Ind]
Date Original
1867 May 15
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Mrs. A. A. Flanner, 1867 May 15" (1867). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1239.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1239
Resource Identifier
muir01_1056-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 1056
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Indiana Historical Society 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
