Creator

John Muir

Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[Elmer E.] Gilmore

Transcription

[Original in possession of Mr. Elmer E. Gilmore, Tyrone, New Mexico]Martinez, California, February 12, 1909.Dear Mr. Gilmore:Your letter of January 22 brings back the Auld lang syne of Madison days.Yes, I'm the same John Muir who taught school in the log house and whose wooden clock lit the fire, etc. I think your house was on the hill above the schoolhouse. The sketch of the schoolhouse was lost.Write and tell me all you can of my old scholars.Faithfully yours,John Muir.

Location

Martinez [Calif.]

Date Original

1909 Feb 12

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir18_0218-trans.tif

File Identifier

Reel 18, Image 0218

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

1 page

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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