Creator
Asa Gray
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
00930
[letterhead]
June 28 1880.
My Dear Muir
When there is a woman in the case, All other things of course give place. So let me first congratulate you on your marriage-- the news of which you drop on us, of a sudden.--that it seems your honey-moon began in April. And, let me tell you marrying is not a solus tho it may be a solace. Two people are always concerned in it. You have mentioned the name of one party, John Muir, but you say not a word about the [illegible]. Now who is she? My wife & I wish to include her in the congratulations which we herewith most heartily tender to you. Next, thank you for the
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satisfactory specimen of the Alaskan Cyress. Cupressus nootkatensis. And I can tell you that the apparently inter middle [illegible] [illegible]. is about to be finished. I saw Mr. Watson to-day polishing off the last sheets of the copy of the [illegible]. He is going to Idaho. [illegible] as soon as he gets the copy all in - in 2 or 3 days - and much he needs the change. Prof. Whitney is to see to the bringing out of the volume, and to the printing forthwith of a new ed. of it. I. I understand [illegible], that the two volumes are to be also printed, on smaller & thin paper, as one [stout?] & [illegible] column, which I think will be most handy and useful.
00930
Sargent, Parry & [illegible] are on the way to San Francisco & thence to Brit. Columbia. Your interesting account of the forest in Alaska will tempt them to go on northward. Look for the trio at the Palace Hotel, S.F. by the time you get this. [illegible] aquil[illegible] in Alaska [grows more?] as it does in England & Scotland And now, repeating best wishes for yourself & Mrs. Muir, I am
Very sincerely yours
Asa Gray
Location
… Botanic Garden, Cambridge, Mass.
Date Original
1880 Jun 28
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25.5 x 25.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Gray, Asa, "Letter from Asa Gray to John Muir, 1880 Jun 28." (1880). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 563.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/563
Resource Identifier
muir04_0228-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0227
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
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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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
