Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Jeanne C. Carr]
Transcription
In going to take your painter boys with me into one of my best sanctums on your recommendation for holiness, Emerson has sent me a profound little book styled The Growth of the Mind by Reed. Do you know it. It is full of fountain truth. Im glad your boys are safely back. Perhaps Ned & I may try that Andes field together. I would write to Mrs Moore but will wait untill she is better. Tell her the cascades & monntings of upper Hetch Hetch Hetch Hetch!!! I hope I may see you a few days soon I had a pretty letter from old Dr Torrey, & from Gray I have heard three or four times. I am ever cordially yrs John Muir
[ca 15 oct 1872]
[Original letter in mounted set of letters to Mrs. Carr, #89].
[Yosemite, Oct. 1872].
I’m going to take your painter boys with me into one of my best sanctums on your recommendation for holiness.
Emerson has sent me a profound little book styled "The Growth of the Mind "by Reed. Do you know it? It is full of fountain truth. I'm glad your boys are safely back. Perhaps Ned and I may try that Andes field together.
I would write to Mrs. Moore, but will wait until she is better. Tell her the cascades and mountings of upper Hetch Hetch Hetch ! ! I hope I may see you a few days soon.
I had a pretty letter from old Dr. Torrey, and from Gray I have heard three or four times.
I am,
Ever cordially yours,
John Muir
["Your painter boys" refer to Mr. Irwin and Mr. Keith, introduced by Mrs. Carr's letter of Oct. 2, (1872)].
Location
[Yosemite]
Circa Date
[1872 Oct 15]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 11.5 cm.(irregular)(fragment)
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Jeanne C. Carr], [ca 1872 Oct 15]." (1876). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1491.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1491
Resource Identifier
muir02_0973-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0973
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
