Creator
C[harles] S[prague] Sargent
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY,
Jamaica Plain, Mass., June 24, 1898.
My dear Muir:
You have done the trick this time and done it well. Last Saturday I received an unsigned telegram saying the Abies flowers were sent. Not knowing then that, you had left for the mountains, I supposed that the telegram had been sent by Miss Eastwood whom I knew was in the field, so this morning when I received a letter from her saying that she had been unsuccessful in securing the pistillate flowers I felt rather dejected, but about noon your box came and I feel sure, that it was you who sent the telegram. You know what a service you have done me and how fully I appreciate it. It is not worth while therefore to make an effort at effusive thanks, which I am sure you realize as fully as if they were spoken.
Canby and I are laying our plans for our southern trip, and if we do not have a good time when we get together again it will be your fault.
Nothing new about the forestry situation, the matter being still in the hands of the conference committee.
Faithfully yours,
[illegible]
John Muir, Esq.
Martinez, Cal.
02434
Im glad you got the bloom of magnifica at last.
You have tramped on thro the forest of [illegible] unwavering unseduced on the [same?] of yr life with the force & steadiness of an intellectual mastadon. & now nearing the end of your colossal job. You may henceforth to walk about beneath the arms of the trees listening to their blessings with a shining face as round & smooth & tranquil as the moon
Location
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Date Original
1898 Jun 24
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26 x 20 cm.
Recommended Citation
Sargent, Charles Sprague, "Letter from C[harles] S[prague] Sargent to John Muir, 1898 Jun 24." (1898). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2158.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2158
Resource Identifier
muir10_0227-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0227
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
