Creator
C[harles] S[prague] Sargent
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
ARNOLD ARBORETUM,
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
Jamaica Plain, Mass., September 30, 1897.
My dear Muir:
I enclose a couple of letters from Abbot which you may like to see. Please return them sometime or other. The other letter which I enclose, and which need not be returned, is written by a man eighty-seven years old and a great lover and planter of trees. Evidently he has lived long enough to be able to know a good thing when he sees it. You must come next summer and see him.
It is lucky I hurried home, for my eldest daughter has been grievously ill during the past ten days with appendicitis. A week ago she underwent a most serious operation; it was successful and she is doing as well as possible, and we feel now that she is out of danger. It has been, however, a terribly anxious time. I trust you will be spared such an experience.
Poor Stiles is failing rapidly and probably cannot last more than another week. He is not suffering very much except from lassitude, and his mind is keen as ever--a first-rate fellow and a great loss to this whole country. What are you doing?
Faithfully yours,
[illegible]
John Muir, Esq.
Martinez, Cal.
[illegible]
02343
Location
Jamaica Plain, Mass
Date Original
1897 Sep 30
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm.
Recommended Citation
Sargent, Charles Sprague, "Letter from C[harles] S[prague] Sargent to John Muir, 1897 Sep 30." (1897). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2011.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2011
Resource Identifier
muir09_1080-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 1080
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
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
