Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Henry G. Bryant
Transcription
Original in possession of Mr. H. G. Bryant.Martinez, CaliforniaNOV. 7, 1909-Mr. Henry G. Bryant,Secretary American Alpine Club,Philadelphia.Dear Mr BryantMany thanks for your kind letter on the plan for the next business meeting & dinner of the club. Should the Fates be kind enough to allow me to cross the Continent next December You may be sure I shall be delighted to meet you all in Boston. At present however the outlook is far from promising. Strange to say the severest exposure in the wilderness never does me any harm while in comfortable civilization I catch all sorts of disabling coughs, colds, grippes etc, especially when I venture far on railway cars in winter.Since my home has been broken up by the death of my wife & marriage of my daughters I am left alone here in my library den, & traveling far becomes more & more difficult. I have always said I would not waste time writing books until too old to climb mountains. Now in my 71st year I have commenced to look over a neglected pile of note books with plans for publication, which work with endless interruptions makes but little headway.The fight for Hetch Hetchy Valley & National Parke in general will be on again in Congress next month. I was with the President & Secretary Ballinger in Yosemite & Hetch Hetchy last month & I’m happy to say all seems favorable.If I can’t get to you in winter I must try in summerWith all good wishesYour faithful fellow mountaineerJohn Muir04626
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1909 Nov 7
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Henry G. Bryant, 1909 Nov 7." (1909). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5918.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5918
Resource Identifier
muir18_0871-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 18, Image 0871
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
