Creator
John Muir
Recipient
John Burroughs
Transcription
(Original letter in possession of Dr. Clara Barrus)Martinez, Sept. 23, 1909Dear John Burroughs:I'm very glad to hear from you that you are in good sound health after your long varied wanderings and that you have a canyon article done and a Yosemite nearly done. I haven't the slightest objection to your using any of the pictures taken on our trips. On the contrary will be proud to appear in your company and work. All my travels with you were pleasure and I heartily thank you for so fine a visit. I only regret you were so pressed for time you could not let me show you the Sequoias and the headwaters, forests, meadows, and glaciers of the Merced and Tuolumne. Still you saw far more than tourists. You make a great mistake, however, in fancying first views of Yosemite are best --the later ones "commonplace". On the contrary, the last are most impressive, at least to me. Yosemite commonplace because one has learned something about it! Why Johnnie, Johnnie, Johnnie! You must come again and get rid of such atheism.I feel very lonesome now my friend Harriman is gone. At first rather repelled, I at last learned to love him.Roosevelt away too -- the whole country seems lonesome. But Roosevelt will soon be back and I trust has many useful fertile years for his country and friends. I have done no literary work worth mention since returning from the mountains. Ketch Hetchy fight is still on. You should try to help us in this preservation work. Faithfully [and] admiringly your friend, John Muir04593
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1909 Sep 23
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to John Burroughs, 1909 Sep 23." (1909). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5878.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5878
Resource Identifier
muir18_0764-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 18, Image 0764
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
National Archives. 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
