Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Jeanne C.] Carr
Transcription
Indianapolis Aug '30th 67
Dear friend Mrs Carr
We are safely in Ind' I am not going to write a letter, I only want to thank you & the Dr. & all of the boys for the enjoyments of the pleasant botanical week we spent with you We saw as the team hurried us on that the grand harvest of composition would be no fail- ure this year. It is rapidly re- ceiving us purple & gold in gen- erous measure from the precious light of these days. I could not but notice how well appearances in the vicinity of Chicago agreed with Lesquerr[illegible]'s theory of the formation of prairies
We spent about five hours in Chicago. I did not find many flowers in her t[illegible]ous streets, only a few grassy plants of wheat, & two or three pieces of [illegible] A[illegible], [illegible], C[illegible] etc, The weeds I suppose for man to walk upon the wheat to feed him. I saw some green algae, but no mosses, I expected to see some of the latter on wet walls, & in seams on the pavement but I suppose that manufacturers smoke, & the terrible noise is too great for the hardist of them I wish I knew where I was going - doomed to be "carried of the Spirit into the wilderness" I suppose, I wish I could be more moderate in my des[illegible] but I cannot, & so there is no rest. Is not your experience the same in this
I feel myself deeply indebted to you all for your great [illegible] kindeness not any the less if from Itup[illegible] & s[illegible] I forgot on leaving to express it -
Farewell
J Muir
Location
Indianapolis [Ind.]
Date Original
1867 Aug 30
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.0 cm
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Jeanne C. Carr, 1867 Aug 30" (1867). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1255.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1255
Resource Identifier
muir01_1128-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 1128
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
