Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[William] Colby
Transcription
[letterhead]On the steamer Windhuk Near ZanzibarFeb. 4 1912My dear Colby,Ive had a great time in South America & South Africa. Indeed it now seems that on this pair of wild hot continents I've enjoyed the most fruitful year of my life. Some happy California da
to make a short trip into the Nyanza lake region, then home via Suez Naples & New York hoping to find you & all the Sierra Club & its friends & affairs hale & happy & prosperous.Ever faithfully yoursJohn Muiry I'll try to tell you about it. I'm now on my way from Beira to Mombasa after a grand trip to the Zambesi Baobab forests, Victoria Falls, & the magnificent glacial rock scenery of southern Rhodesia.From Mombasa I intend
Location
Near Zanzibar [E. Africa]
Date Original
1912 Feb 4
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [William] Colby, 1912 Feb 4." (1912). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6220.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6220
Resource Identifier
muir20_0811-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0811
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
