Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[J. H.] Mellichamp
Transcription
[First draft of letter, in note-book #1] (3)
[Martinez, 1901]
My dear Dr. Mellichamp:
Many thanks for the fine specimens of P. Cubensis nicely and carefully prepared and packed. They arrived in fine condition, and brought vividly to mind an amusing picture at a railroad station in Florida. While waiting for a train one Sunday morning I offered a bare legged negro boy a dime to climb a tall Cubensis for a flowering branchlet. Instantly fifteen or 20 of them splashed across into the wet hollow where the tree grew and began to climb, boosting each other or pulling each other down, greatly to the wonderment of the well dressed mammies, who declared, "Dam boys done gone crazy, or had de double in ‘em.”
How happy you must be in your old haunts, with thronging memories of the times befo’ de wan.
With kindest regards,
Ever yours,
[John Muir]
02890
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Circa Date
[1901]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 22.5 x 14.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [J. H.] Mellichamp, [1901]." (1901). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4535.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4535
Resource Identifier
muir11_1104-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 1104
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections/fees-and-forms-.html
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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
