Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Jeanne C.] Carr
Transcription
9742 1419 Taylor St S F Apr’ 3d [1876]
Dear Mrs Carr,
We will all be glad to see you We all heard of the outrage committed on Johnnie & hoped it might not be so serious as made to appear in the press Mr. Swett told me the other day that he met a friend down town who was acquainted with the Whites intimately who gave it as his opinion that Mr White was insane – had a brother in the asylum- & was as jealous of a half dozen other persons as of Johnnie If I knew Neds boarding house I would visit him for I know he must feel terribly agitated The last time I saw him he was rejoicing over Johnnies steady manly development like an old fond father over some reformed son – As for the stranded sapless condition of political geology I care only for the fruitless work expended upon it by friends The glaciers are not affected thereby neither am I nor Cassidpa-
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The first meeting I had with Mr Moore was at the lecture the other night He seemed immeasurably astonished of find me in so anti sequestered a condition, but in the meanwhile he is more changed than I for he seems semi crazy on literature as Mrs M is wholly doubly so on paint I will show your letter to Mr. Swett when he comes in who will doubtless be able to decipher the meaning of the heads & tails of your bodyless sentences Im sorry most of all for the destruction of the “Teacher” thus cutting off the only adequate outlet for your own thoughts – but hang it let them decapitate [in margin: & hang – they cannot hang Cassiope Ever Yrs Cordially John Muir]
Location
S[an] F[rancisco]
Circa Date
[1876] Apr 3
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25 x 19.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Jeanne C.] Carr, [1876] Apr 3." (1876). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 341.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/341
Resource Identifier
muir03_0404-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0403
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
