Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[C. L.] Biedenback
Transcription
908 [Nov. 1902]
Dear Mr Biedenback
Rest assured I shall be with you December 1st if I can possibly find a way through the confounded tangle of obligations that holds me here. I see no opening however as yet, or anything that promises one. therefore, much as it distresses me to seem wanting in appreciation of the kindness & honor of your invitation, I must warn you not to count on me. After escaping the common dangers of the wilderness these kind invitations & honors of civilization are like to be the death of me; for from some strange mysterious cause they come flying about me thick as snowflakes & give no end of trouble in trying to explain a poor wanderer's woeful inability
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to accept them.
Faithfully yours
Mr A. H. Payson
San Francisco
Dear Sir:-
My studies next year will probably call me again to the Grand Canon, the Petrified Forest of Arizona, the Yucca & Cactus groves at their times of bloom etc, etc along the Sante Fe lines. I would therefore respectfully request an annual pass. Will you kindly forward this request to its proper place & believe me to be faithfully yours
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 17 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to [C. L.] Biedenback, [1902 Nov]." (1902). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4786.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4786
Resource Identifier
muir12_0828-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0828
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
