Creator
John Burroughs
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
West Park, N.Y.,Dec. 28, [1909?].Dear John Muir:I have been under the weather for two or three weeks, both head and gizzard wrong, principally the gizzard, but I am better today and must sit up to my table to thank you for your last letters. You are a dear anyway, Scotch obstinacy and all, and I love you, though at times I want to punch you or thrash the ground with you. But I have my laugh at your expense — when you are not around. The other day I said to a friend, "Muir will not agree with you about anything. If you were to say, 'Now, Muir, two and two make four anyway,’ Muir would reply, 'Well, three and two make five, but what of that, Johnny." My friend replied, "That is the Scotch of it. "Well, it is all right — I love the Scotchman too, and I will forgive him all his quips and Jibes and fun at my expense if he will come here next year and help me study the geology of my native Catskills and of the Shawangunk grits at Mohonk.I hope to be well in a few days. We have snow and rugged winter here. Remember me to Keith when you see him, and to Keeler.Affectionately,John Burroughs.04920
Location
West Park, N.Y.
Circa Date
[1910] Dec 28
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Burroughs, John, "Letter from John Burroughs to John Muir, [1910 ?] Dec 28." (1910). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5209.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5209
Resource Identifier
muir19_1020-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 19, Image 1020
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
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
