Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir]
Transcription
Yosemite Valley September 27th 72
Dear Mother, I am just arrived from a long excursion up the great Tuolumne Canon above Hetch Hetchy Valley I did not complete my proposed work there, so I set out again tomorrow for two weeks more. I am measuring mtns & canons with particular reference to mtn structure in connection with ice action, also sketching waterfalls, special rockforms etc. I have just received a letter from Prof' Agassiz written by his wife He regrets his inabiblity to visit Yosemite & ramble
with me among the old glacier works & ways. I could have enjoyed a visit with him in San Francisco but I could not spare the time, He may come another year. I am able to do a great deal of very hard mountain exploration, & someday will if I like tell you how mountains & river Canons & lake basins & meadows are made My life work is now before me plain enough, & it is full of hard labor & abundant in all kinds of pure reward Nature-God asks much
& gives much & if we only are pure in heart we will see him in all times, & in all lands. I will write you again when I return In the meantime, once more Farewell, with love to all Ever affectionately yrs John Muir
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1872 Sep 27
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir], 1872 Sep 27." (1872). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1481.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1481
Resource Identifier
muir02_0921-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0921
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Huntington 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
