Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Jeanne C.] Carr
Transcription
920 Valencia St San Francisco Feb 18th – 79.
Dear Mrs Carr.
Yesterday I sent you by mail five dollars worth of tree seeds, according to directions. They seemed fresh, & I was assured they were so. Hope they may grow as well as they can for you, & at least hint the beauty of their homes & their fathers. I have been strongly tempted to make another visit to southern Cala, but have concluded the season is too far gone. Your letter lay at John Swetts some time, so the seeds may not reach you in time though I suppose Allie will attend to the planting. I am glad to think of Allie as a tiller of the soil Good luck to the boy.
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I am now quartered with Mr Upham, [ Payots?] partner, & am well off – though the writing mood has not yet appeared. Remember me to the Congars & Allie. May you find your farm always a heaven, taking nothing of politics into it when you leave Sacramento.
I saw Mr Moore last Sunday. His is a sad case. No heaven for him this side the mysterious one built on faith. Cordially Yrs, John Muir.
Location
San Francisco
Date Original
1879 Feb 18
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 13 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Jeanne C.] Carr, 1879 Feb 18." (1879). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 468.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/468
Resource Identifier
muir03_1007-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 1006
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
