Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Lilian Gillette Cook
Transcription
Los. Angeles, Cal., Jan. 26, 1911.325 West Adams Street.Miss Lilian Gillette Cook,Long Lea Farm,Amherst, Mass.Dear Madam:-The specimen you sent me is, as you guessed, the Sequoia sempervirens. It is extremely unlikely that the tree from which you oh tailed the specimen is growing naturally in Portland. These trees have been planted all over the states of Oregon, Washington, California, and in suitable localities in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. I saw specimens of both the sempervirens and gigantea nearly one hundred feet high at Christ Church, New Zealand. Only a few small groves are known to be growing naturally in Oregon. If you have not already done so, you should visit both of these trees at home on the Coast Ranges an the Sierra of California.With all good wishes, and congratulating you on the pleasure you take in the study of these grand trees, I am,Faithfully yours,John Muir
Location
Los Angeles, Calif.
Date Original
1911 Jan 26
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Lilian Gillette Cook, 1911 Jan 26." (1911). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5999.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5999
Resource Identifier
muir20_0071-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0071
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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
