Creator
Asa Gray
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Cambridge, Sept. 1872My Dear Mr Muir Since my last to you -this morning, indeed, came to me your letter of July 29th sent to Dr. Bolander. - too late to reach me in Calif. - & which Bolander evidently kept till he knew of my return home. On getting your letter I at once wrote to New York to have my publishers put up for you, in addition to the little "How Plants Behave," my Manual, School & Field Book & Structural Botany. So you can set to studying Botany again. I have directed the package to be addressed to you, & as soon as I know through what San Francisco bookseller the parcel is sent I shall write to advise you, that you may reclaim it.
I have directed all changes to be paid to San Fr. The package to care of Prof. Carr went by mail yesterday. If you get up to that [underline: Primula [illegible]] on Clouds Rest or Mt. Hoffman, pray collect a quantity of it, and dispatch it, packed in damp moss & wrapped in the gutta percha paper in successive parcels, not to exceed 12 ounces each. - Truly yours Asa Gray 00616
Cambridge, 21 Sept., 1872.My dear Mr. Muir:Since my last to you-this morning, indeed, came to me your letter of July 29th sent to Dr. Bolander, —too late to reach me in Calif, and which Bolander evidently kept till he knew of my return home.On getting your letter I at once wrote to New York to have my publishers put up for you, in addition to the little "How Plants Behave," my Manual, School and Field Book, and Structural Botany. So you can set to studying Botany again. I have directed the package to be addressed to you, and as soon as I know through what San Francisco bookseller the parcel is sent l shall write to advise you, that you may reclaim it. I have directed all charges to be paid to San Fr. The package to care of Prof. Carr went by mail yesterday.If you get up to that Primula on Clouds’ Rest or Mt. Hoffman, pray collect a quantity of it and dispatch it, packed in damp moss and wrapped in the gutta percha paper in successive parcels, not to exceed 12 ounces each.Truly yours,Asa Gray
Location
Cambridge, [Mass]
Date Original
1872 Sep 21
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 13 cm.
Recommended Citation
Gray, Asa, "Letter from Asa Gray to John Muir, 1872 Sep 21." (1872). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1477.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1477
Resource Identifier
muir02_0905-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0905
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
The Huntington 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
