Creator
D[aniel] H. Muir
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
5-19-67
Avery Mich. May 19th /67
Dear brother John
Your short note of the 15th was received yesterday excepting which I believe it is longer since I heard from you than you from me - I am right glad to learn that shortly letters may be dis- pensed with for a while. Come The model is still here if in existence at all, it is not near complete yet I have had but very little time since I returned as I have only worked in the shop a little. worked some in the new mill and some in the saw-mill. The new shop will perhaps start in about a month You did not tell whether your sight was much affected
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or not. I have not stuffed many birds yet - The ferns are growing fast come & see or the early ones will be past come & see The woods are full of wonders come & see And the water's full of pollywogs you'd see And each one "wags his little taily" that you'l see Leave the dirty dusty city smoky stinking what a pitty that a man who loves the country cannot breath its sweetness now delay not to come to your affetionate brother
D. H Muir
be sure & get here this week
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Location
Avery, Mich
Date Original
1867 May 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 12.5 cm
Recommended Citation
Muir, Daniel H., "Letter from Daniel H. Muir to John Muir, 1867 May 19" (1867). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1240.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1240
Resource Identifier
muir01_1060-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 1060
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
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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.
Pages
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
