Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Sarah [Muir Galloway]
Transcription
1419 Taylor St. S.F. April 17th 1876
Dear Sister Sarah –
I was glad the other day to have the hard continuous toil of book writing interrupted by the postman handing in your letter. It is full of news, but I can think of little to put in the letter you ask for. My life these days is like the life of a glacier one eternal grind, & the top of my head suffers a weariness at times that you know nothing about. Im glad to see by the hills across the bay, all yellow & purple with buttercups & gilias, that spring is blending fast into summer, & soon Ill throw down my pen, & take up my heels & go mountaineering once more. My first book is taking shape now, & is mostly written, but still far from complete. I hope to see it in print, rubbed, & scrubbed, & elaborated, some time next year. Among the unlooked for burdens fate is loading upon my toil-doomed shoulders, is this literature
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[Page 2]
& lecture [ time?], I suppose I will be called upon for two more addresses in San Francisco ere I make my annual Hegira to the woods. A few weeks ago I lectured at San Jose & Oakland. Im glad to hear of the general good health & welfare of our scattered & multiplied family. Of Katies returning health-, & Joannas – Remember me warmly to Mrs Galloway, tell her I will be in Wisconsin in two or three years, & hope to see her still surounded by her many affectionate friends – I was pleasantly surprised to notice the enclosed clipping today in the NY Tribune – I also read a notice of a book by Prof James Law of Cornell University, whom I used to play with, I met one of his scholars a short time ago Give my love to David & all your little big ones Ever very affectionately yrs John Muir
Location
S[an] F[rancisco]
Date Original
1876 Apr 17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 31.5 x 22 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Sarah [Muir Galloway], 1876 Apr 17." (1876). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 342.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/342
Resource Identifier
muir03_0408-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0407
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
