Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
Transcription
Martinez, Aug. 4, 1914Dear Johnson unchangeable immortal friend I often wish we were fewer miles apart that we might come face to face every day through all the seasons & years. But we meet everyday anyhow for you are never out of heart & mind.Many thanks for the good Academy news, that at the November meeting a number of the French Academy will take part bringing greetings from that famous body of great men. This formal recognition will I feel sure go far toward enlisting the interest of those able to help in building up our young academy & spreading its influence in every direction. The first thousand for money foundation in your work are always the hardest to get. Be of good cheer. You are sure to make a grand success of this, as you have always done in every kind of public service you have put your hand to.
I'm afraid I shall not be able to be with at the great November meeting- for I have not yet fully recovered from last winter's grippe, tho I have not lost a single day in bed.Am now at work on old Alaska notes trying to make something like a book out of them. And besides many others are calling for pen work & my years are flying very fast.I wish you could come & spend a year or two with me. tho my house now is only a lonely bachelor placeIf Mr Bridgeman comes I'll be glad to see him.Remember me to Burroughs when next you see him. and however silent believe me ever faithfully affectionately your friend John Muir
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1914 Aug 4
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1914 Aug 4." (1914). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6607.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6607
Resource Identifier
muir22_0513-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 22, Image 0513
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
American Academy of Arts and Letters. 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
