Creator
C[harles] S[prague] Sargent
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
Jamaica Plain, Mass., October 6, 1904.
My dear Muir:
What in the world has become of you? Are you still resting from your journey or have you started on another one, or have you given up the ghost entirely?
It is better to be stupid than careless, so you will be glad to hear that the small portfolio containing our passports and letter of credit turned up a few days ago carefully hidden inside the lining of my traveling bag where it has been for the last eighteen months. It seems that the lining back of the pocket in the bag was loose and that in trying to put the portfolio into the pocket it got inside the lining and worked down to the bottom of the bag. If we had been a little smarter we might have been saved a lot of trouble and anxiety.
There is a movement on foot to erect a simple memorial in the park at Wilmington in honor of our old friend Canby. I am very much interested in this and am anxious that it should be put through. It won't be an expensive matter but there are not many persons to subscribe and possibly you might like to make a small contribution, perhaps of $25. or $50. The contribution will be much appreciated by Canby's relatives and friends in Wilmington.
I have been away botanizing for the last three weeks in New York, Ontario, Michigan and Pennsylvania, looking for crataegus of course. In the meantime my book has had take a rest. It is getting on slowly, however, and I hope it will be out by Christmas. It is a very tedious job and I shall rejoice when it is off
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ARNOLD ARBORETUM.
my hands.
Let me hear how you are getting on.
Faithfully yours,
[illegible]
John Muir, Esq.,
Martinez, Cal.
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Location
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Date Original
1904 Oct 06
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26 x 20.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Sargent, Charles Sprague, "Letter from C[harles] S[prague] Sargent to John Muir, 1904 Oct 6." (1904). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2884.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2884
Resource Identifier
muir14_0598-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0598
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
