Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Sarah Muir Galloway]
Transcription
Loaned by the Muir Estate - publication reserved. Written by John Muir in January, 1872, while residing in his pine cabin at the foot of the Yosemite Falls.
#184 00208
Yosemite Valley January 11th 72
We are pretty closely snowbound Having had but one mail in two months. I hope to get this over the snow tomorrow. Here is a plume of the great Libo- cedrus all golden with ripe stam- inate cones, Think of the tree on wh it grew, near 200 ft in height, 30 in diameter spiring up in the blue mountain air in gold & green, or waving & laving in storm. Give part of this spray to Mrs Galloway I hope that it will be living when it reaches you, & give
you all a tingle of pleasure. We have had the grandest flood that has occurred in three years. More than one hundred falls averaging near 3000 ft in height sang together in glorious jubilee besides, a countless company of silvery arterus gleaming everywhere A perfect storm of waterfalls the smallest with a voice that was hearable at a distance of several miles, Possibly on account of this storm May appear in some of the papers, & I will try to send it. I trust dear sister that you are very happy with your Davie & wee ones I have so much to say that I cannot speak at all Some day we will talk
it all over Give my kindest regards to Davie & to old Mrs Galloway & to all of the broad branching family that you meet I am very busy witting ice etc. Also I have written a few letters that may appear in the N.Y. Tribune With this mail I send 30 letters & the writing of these together with my glacial studies have kept me busy Farewell. with everlasting Love to all John Muir
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1872 Jan 17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 23.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Sarah Muir Galloway], 1872 Jan 17." (1872). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1420.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1420
Resource Identifier
muir02_0651-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0651
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
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
