Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Charles Sprague] Sargent
Transcription
(Original in possession of Charles S. Sargent)
Martinez, May 21, 1900.
My dear Prof. Sargent:
I'm glad to hear from you once more and to know that you are safely at home in good growling working order. You must have had a glorious time this flowery year, and I have often wished I was with you, and I might about as well have been for all I have accomplished, as I have been half dead with the Grippe and bronchitis all the time. Mellichamp writes with the greatest enthusiasm of the days he spent with you and Canby, declaring they were the happiest of his life.
Don't let these new species bother you. Set them up in a good stately row in the last volume of your magnificent book and have done with them, without hoping to get in every hider of the wilderness. Very few new trees await discovery on your ground and for these you can find a place in the small edition of the book or elsewhere.
I have no plans for the summer as yet, but must get off somewhere ere very long, though work is crowding unmercifully. Can't you come here and go to the Redwoods to learn something about them in dead earnest? I'll go this fall to Mexico if you like. Glad you like my last article,- have just finished another on brush and flowers.
I wish we could secure a Redwood park. Come on out and see about it. You need a rest anyhow.
Ever yours faithfully,
JOHN MUIR
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Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1900 May 21
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1900 May 21." (1900). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4271.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4271
Resource Identifier
muir11_0227-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0227
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Archives, Boston, Massachusetts. 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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
