Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Jeanne C.] Carr
Transcription
[1877]
[underlined: S[illegible] Home] [underlined: July 23d]
Dear Mrs Carr. I made only a short dash into the dear old Highlands above Yosemite, but all was so full of everything I love every day seemed a measureless period. I never enjoyed the Tuolumne [Cataruals?] so much, coming out of the sun lands, the gray salt deserts of Utah, these wild [ice waters?] sang themselves into my soul more enthusiastically than ever, & the forests breath was sweeter, & cassiope fairer than in all my first fresh contacts, But Im not going to tell it her, I only write now to say that next Saturday I will sail to Los Angeles & spend a few weeks in getting [in margin: #34] some general views of the adjacent regions, then work northward & begin a careful study of the Redwoods. I will at least have time this season for the lower portion of the belt, that is for all South of here. If you have any messages, your may have time to write me I sail at 10’ [underlined: AM]. Or if not you may direct to Los Angeles
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I hope to see Congar, & also the spot you have elected for home. I wish you could be there in your grown fruitful groves all rooted & grounded in the fine garden nook that I know you will make. It must be a great consolation in the midst of the fires you are compassed with to look forward to a tranquil seclusion in the south of wh you are so fond. John says he may not move to Berkeley, & if not I may be here this winter, though I still feel some tendency towards another winter in some mountain den. It is long indeed since I had anything like a [ quiet?] talk with you, you have been going like an avalanche for many a year, & I sometimes fear you will not be able to settle into rest even in the orange groves. Im glad to know that the Doctor is so well. You must be pained by the harmful attacks made upon your tried friend La Grange. Farwell. Ever Cordially Yrs John Muir
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Location
San Francisco
Circa Date
[1877] Jul 23
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25 x 20 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Jeanne C.] Carr, [1877] Jul 23." (1877). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 368.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/368
Resource Identifier
muir03_0542-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0541
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
