Creator
Jeanne C. Carr
Recipient
Merrill Moores
Transcription
Madison Wis. May 10.68.
Mr Merrill Moore. Dear Sir. I am very uneasy over the interruption of my corres- pondence with John Muir - Some- time in the fall I received a line from him at Cedar Keys, Florida telling me that he was sick there and asking me to write to an address which he gave me. I immediately complied, and be- fore my letter could have rea- ched him received a second asking me to direct to New Orleans where he was intending to go. To the latter place I sent a long letter filled with everything which I thought [illegible] him - and I [illegible]
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then have only heard through Henry Butler, and he does not know where to direct a letter in reply. You see my letter is of an old date. I began it and then tried to get word from some of Muirs relatives in this state. No answer having come to my [illegible] in that quarter. I must trouble you for any infor- mation you possess. in the hope that it will be more recent. I enclose a word to Muir which
I will ask you to direct for me in case you know where a letter would reach him. We remember your visit to us with pleasure. I wish you could come again, I feel a kind of kinship to all young men who love the plants. My boys send their kindest remembrance to you - and I am Your friend, truly,
Jeanne C. Carr.
Location
Madison, Wisc.
Date Original
1868 May 10
Source
Original letter dimensions: 19.0 x 25.0 cm
Recommended Citation
Carr, Jeanne C., "Letter from Jeanne C. Carr to Merrill Moores, 1868 May 10" (1868). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1272.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1272
Resource Identifier
muir01_1200-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 01, Image 1200
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
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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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
