Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Sarah [Muir Galloway] Anna [Annie L. Muir]
Transcription
[Rough draft of letter]
[May. '99 ]
Dear Sarah & Anna:
Goodbye. I'm off tomorrow for Alaska with a large scientific party. I was in the thick of my writing and would not have gone, however tempting the company and auspices had [it] not been that we are to visit the very part of the Coast I have not yet seen, least easy of access, that I have long been wanting to visit - namely from Yakutat to Cook Inlet and Kodiak. I had to go some time anyhow.
We go on a special steamer. All expenses are paid by a wealthy New York business man - Mr. Harriman. Only part of the company I know -John Burroughs, Miss Kuhn, Cap. Dale, and Prof. Brewer. We leave Seattle May 30, and return in about 2 mos. I have just sent an article to the Atlantic on Yo[semite] Park. I'm tired writing and need a rest anyhow. I'm glad to hear you are well through Maggie's letter [which] I've just read.
[John Muir]
02588
To Walter Hives Page
[Walter H. Page]
[Martinez, California,
May, 1899]
My dear Page;
I send The article on Yosemite Park to-day by registered mail. It is short, but perhaps long enough for this sort of stuff. I have(3}other articles on camping in the park, and on the trees and shrubs, gardens, etc., and on Sequoia park blocked out and more than half written. I wanted to complete these and get the book out together and off my hands this summer, and now that I have all the material well in hand and on the move I hate to leave it.
I start tomorrow on a two months' trip with Harriman's Alaska Expedition. John Burroughs and Prof[W.H.] Brewer and a whole lot of good naturalists are going. But I would not have gone, however tempting, were it not to visit the only part of the coast I have not seen and one of the scenes that I would have to visit some time anyhow. This has been a barren year, and I am all the less willing to go, though the auspices are so good. I lost half the winter in a confounded fight with sheep and cattlemen and politicians on behalf of the forests. During the other half I was benumbed and interrupted by sickness in the family, while in word works, even at the best, as you know I'm slow as a glacier. You'll get these papers, however, sometime, and they Will be hammered into a book - if I live long enough.
I was very glad to get your letter, as it showed you were well enough to be at work again. With best wishes, I am,
Faithfully yours,
J.M.02588
[Rough draft of letter]
[T. P. Lukens]
[May, '99]
My dear Lukens:
I'm going to town day after tomorrow, and if I meet the gentlemen you mention I'll gladly recommend you for forest work. Usually, however, it is not the best man for the place that gets it. You have done a fine thing in starting the Forest and Water Associ[ation].
I start north Friday night. With best wishes,
[John Muir]02588
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Circa Date
1899 May [1]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 27 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Sarah [Muir Galloway] Anna [Annie L. Muir], 1899 May." (1899). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2406.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2406
Resource Identifier
muir10_0817-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0817
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
5 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
