Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Sarah [Muir Galloway]
Transcription
[Original letter in possession of Sarah Muir Galloway]
Beatrice Castle, 1921
Yosemite Valley,
May 13, 1872.
Dear Sister Sarah:
A few days ago I got a package of plants and seeds from Hong Kong, China, and as you have an appetite for curiosities I thought I would send you a few scraps of them. They are from the Countess of Avonmore, once the famous Mrs. Yelverton. She writes that the country about Hong Kong is exceedingly beautiful. In speaking of her book, Zanita, she says that she thinks they have suppressed a good many passages in it.
Yosemite is glorious with the scents and colors and songs of spring. We have black oaks whose young leaves purple like those of wis. DO you remember Merrill Moores? He is coming to spend a year with me. I expect him soon.
Yesterday I was on Clouds’ Rest, 6000 feet above the bottom of the valley. A short but severe snow storm came down suddenly in blinding force. I witnessed three magnificent avalanches of ice and snow that started a few yards from me. They descend from here in loud boomings and in glorious array for a distance of a mile or more, carrying boulders and trees with them.
My love to all.
John Muir
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1872 May 13
Source
Original letter dimensions: 33 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Sarah [Muir Galloway], 1872 May 13." (1872). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1454.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1454
Resource Identifier
muir02_0823-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0823
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
