Creator
David Landsbonah
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Kilmarnock. 18th Nov. 1887.
Dear Mr. Muir:
I hope Mrs. Muir, yourself, your two children, and also your father and mother-in-law are well, and that your sister is better. I am now picturing to myself your house and also your father-in-law's, and the road betwixt them. How is the great fig tree, and also the Marvels of Peru which so much struck me when I had the pleasure of visiting you.
My main object in writing you is to let you know that I am looking forward to the pleasure of a visit from you; and that you have engaged me as your guide in a visit to Arran. I have a special desire to show you the Gum trees, Acaciae, [illegible] ? and Tree Ferns that there grow in the open air; as I know that you -- a true Scotchman -- and a most enthusiastic lover of plants would have pleasure in seeing these trees in your native country. I would also like to take you to [illegible] ? in this neighborhood, and show you how the Big Tree that you know so well, is behaving itself here in
" ? bonnie woods and braes."
I would like also to take you to Roseneah to see Adam and Eve -- the great silver firs -- great in our estimation, not in yours; but still even to you most interesting.
By the bye, I remember your remark that the "shade of no tree is so excellent as that of the fig" -- also your most eloquent and scientific exposition on the Yosemite Valley.
I have ventured to trouble you with an account of a lecture I have given since I came home from America -- run over the headings and glance at anything that may attract you.
Looking forward to see you ere long. With kindest regards to Mrs. Muir, yourself, and also your father and mother-in-law, I am,
Yours sincerely,
David Landsbonah.(?)
Location
Kilmarnock, [Scotland]
Date Original
1887 Nov 18
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 26.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Landsbonah, David, "Letter from David Landsbonah to John Muir, 1887 Nov 18." (1887). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1732.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1732
Resource Identifier
muir05_0890-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0890
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
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.
Pages
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
