Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Sarah [Muir Galloway]
Transcription
Yosemite Valley Nov 14th 1873
Dear Sister Sarah Have just got down the mtn side from my long trip & find a large pile of letters One from you with Annas photo’ It is very good indeed, she is developing splendidly & you say “yet another Galloway” What a thicket of underbrush is growing up around you How truly rich you & David are in all that is worth having children love & land, Tell David not to work too hard, one gets into the habit of it & soon comes to believe that everlasting high pressure labor is absolutely necessary. If we could accomplish ten times as much we would still be apt to work at the top of our bent driven by the same species of necessity. Be economical & learn to do without things & gain leisure to look up. There is a sermon for you. I have traveled over a thousand miles in this last excursion climbed more mtns than I hoped to climb Have had a very instructive trip in every way Reached the highest Mtn top in the range, perhaps the highest in North America 14900 feet
If I could be near you I could tell you many a story of trial & enjoyment connected with this one grand ramble. Will sometime, am always glad to hear any word from Mrs Galloway give her my heartiest regards I am glad to be remember by her I am glad Maggie is so well It is a very great blessing for so many of you to be together than you know Make the most of each others love wh is the only true wealth
I suppose I must go into society this winter. I would rather go back in some undiscoverable corner beneath the rafters of an old ga[illegible] with my notes & books & listen to the winter rapping & blowing on the roof. May start for Oakland in a day or two, will probably live in Prof Carrs family Heaven bless you & David & all the dear little ones. Ever lovingly John Muir ———
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Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1873 Nov 14
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25 x 20 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Sarah [Muir Galloway], 1873 Nov 14." (1873). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1545.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1545
Resource Identifier
muir02_1223-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 1223
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
