Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[A. H.] Sellers
Transcription
Martinez Feb 3, 1891.
My dear Mr Sellers.
Yesterday I went to town, handed Keith the $200. for the clear Lake picture, & saw it prepared for shipment to you by express. it will be sent today & I feel sure that it will recal many lovely bits of landscape that you & Mrs Sellers & the one bright boy have seen in your long wanderings over God’s beautiful world. It has always seemed marvellous to me that so few know how to mix & [illegible]
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paint on canvas to make fine pictures. Keith I believe is the only good colorist this side the Continent. He is glad to have a specimen of his work in a home in your great city - & says that he thinks of sending a few other small pictures for your friends to see, who may perchance like them & buy them. If he does, let the pictures speak for themselves, but do not take trouble to sell them either for his sake or mine, but only for the love of beauty. We all have most pleasant memories of your visit & appreciate your generous invitation to your home
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I am pegging away in a wild irregular way at my writing amid a thousand interruptions of ranch work.
With love to all
I am cordially
yrs. John Muir
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1891 Feb 3
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [A. H.] Sellers, 1891 Feb 3." (1891). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 53.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/53
Resource Identifier
muir07_0034-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0033
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, see https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections/fees-and-forms-.html
Owning Institution
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Special Collections, University of Virginia 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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
