Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Osborn [family]
Transcription
April 30, 1912Dear dear Osborns,It was ineffably fine to see yon all united in your blessed home, hale and happy, hearts aglow with thanks to God ere I bade goodby.I'm in my old library den, house and home desolate, nobody living in it save a hungry mouse or two, contrast abysmal against yours and Mrs. Harrimans. The garden grounds fortunately are beautiful, fresh and flowery rejoicing in brightest springtime luxuriance. The roses especially are overpassing all bounds, while the Lebanon and Himalaya Cedars, the Australian shrubs and trees, and the oaks on the Valley hills seem more exuberant and happier than ever. Strange to say both Helen and Wanda who owned the blessed old place were trying to sell it to an Oakland somebody or nobody stranger. So I've bought it myself for the sake of the lang syne memories about it, though the wanderer may never be able to make it his home.Anyhow, dear friends, here or there or fateful anywhere I shall always be faithfully gratefully affectionately yours.John MuirThe photograph you wished I sent from Los Angeles a few days ago.Forward letters to MartinezApril 30, 191205180
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Date Original
1912 Apr 30
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Osborn [family], 1912 Apr 30." (1912). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6251.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6251
Resource Identifier
muir20_0923-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0923
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
