Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[J. H.] Mell[ichamp]
Transcription
[First draft of letter, in note-book #59] (13)
[1901]
My dear Dr. Mell[ichamp]:
Many thanks for the fine sets of specimens of P. Cubensis and Q. myrtifolia, all of which being so carefully and skilfully packed came to hand in excellent order. I had not noticed before that this, or indeed any of our oaks matured at once, but I see that Prof. S[argent] in a note gives you credit for this discovery in his "Silva.” I am glad you liked my tribute to ? and got pleasure from it. All the others seemed to have forgotten his bro[ther] John who had the same peculiar charm of Southern manner and was quite as much loved and admired by those [who] got near him, though he was never so widely known and popular as a teacher.
I am sending with this a sketch of the glaciers of the Coast which I wrote for the first book of the Harriman Expedition, and of which the publisher sent me a few sets. Unfortunately all the best illustrations of the Muir glacier are in other parts of the big 2 volume book, but I may get them for you get. How big and wild our country still is, and how strange this very part must seem to a S[outh] Carolinian.
With hearty thanks and best wishes, I am, my dear Dr.,
Ever faithfully, yours,
J.M.
02890
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 22.5 x 14.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [J. H.] Mell[ichamp], [1901]." (1901). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4536.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4536
Resource Identifier
muir11_1106-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 1106
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
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Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. 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
