Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Adams family]
Transcription
[First draft of letter, in note-book #59] (34)
[Jan. '02]
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Adams:
My big thanks for your letters and the sonnet, song and hymn. Some of the hymns recall my dear departed Mrs. Jackson. It is hard to realize we have never met in the flesh. Your letters tell so much, surely now that we are on the same side of the continent we must meet face [to] face ere long and take some walks together, and why not in a day or two. For tomorrow evening I must start out for the Grand Colorado Cañon to see it in its winter garb, and we shall meet on its rim if you start when you receive this. Take the Santa Fe R. R. to Williams, and a branch R. R. to the Cañon. The trip is easy. The air on the high Arizona plateau (about 7000 ft.) is cool now, but it is pure and dry, good for everybody, old and young, sick or well. And you go all the way by rail to a so-called comfortable hotel. Do come. It will be delightful.
Nature's magnificent beauty and grandeur there is unspeakable, and the landscapes there, though open and approachable, are unspeakably glorious. Some summer you must walk the noble Sierra forests, and you must also go to Alaska.. A sketch of the trip, my last copy (which seems to have been saved for you) I'm sending with this.
I am glad your lines have fallen in so pleasant a place as Redlands, with its chaparraled mountains, clad in gardens and brave groves, the most beautiful, I think, of all S. Cal. In your new home Heaven bless you
Ever faithfully yours,
J. M.02890
Location
[Martinez, Calif]
Circa Date
[1902 Jan]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 22.5 x 14.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Adams family], [1902 Jan ?]." (1902). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4581.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4581
Resource Identifier
muir12_0131-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0131
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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
