Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Jeanne C.] Carr
Transcription
[Original letter in mounted set of letters to Mrs. Carr # 77].San Francisco, June 19th 1879.Dear Mrs. Carr:Goodbye. I am going home - going to my summer in the snow and ice and forests of the north coast.Will sail tomorrow at noon on the Dakota for Victoria and Olympia. Will then push inland and alongland. May visit Alaska.I hope you and the doctor may not suffer yourselves to be drawn away into the stream of politics again. You will be far happier on your land.I was at the Valley. How beautiful it was - fresh and full of cool crystal streams and blooms. Was not scared in my lectures after the first one.With kind regards to the doctor and the boys. Farewell.John Muir
Location
San Francisco, [Calif]
Date Original
1879 Jun 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 31 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Jeanne C.] Carr, 1879 Jun 19." (1879). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 489.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/489
Resource Identifier
muir03_1083-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 1082
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
