Creator
E. Goodhue
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[3]
in California that could go any where and not be beholden to a Match and that his name was Muir - I felt that way after reading your last book-
Your faithfully
E. Goodhue
[in margin: 356]
[1]
Koloa, Kauai
April 8 1902.
Mr John Muir
Martinez
My Dear Sir.
Your letter of [March?] 25th rec'd. I thank you for your [kindness?] in seeking my name to M[illegible]. I hope to be able, some day, to take in some of California's [features?] with you. What an indomitable nature see[illegible] you are to enter Kings River Canon [diacritic] in Winter!
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[2]
I was glad to [read?] a characteristic, appreciative sketch of you in "Out West" for March - and to see your face there. In [Nov?] 1901 number of his [newspaper?] Lu[illegible] said something like this:- "I have [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] control hundreds of thousands of their fell[illegible]s, & hundreds of millions of their fell[illegible]'s [illegible] - go all day long [illegible] for a s[illegible], or all night shivering in camp - because no one had a match! So sub[illegible]ent are we to a sorry little [illegible]ter with a [illegible] of [illegible] on the tip!" I wrote Lummis and told him that there was one man
Location
Koloa, Kauai [Hawaii]
Date Original
1902 Apr 8
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Goodhue, E., "Letter from E. Goodhue to John Muir, 1902 Apr 8." (1902). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4641.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4641
Resource Identifier
muir12_0336-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0336
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
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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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.
Pages
2 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
