Creator

Thomas T. Bisset

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

Rose Cottage,Woodbush,Dunbar.31-8-14.Mr. Muir,Dear Sir,Thanks very much for your lovely book- "The Mountains of California" which I received the other day. It is very kind of you indeed to send me it and I appreciate it very much. The Book is nicely illustrated and on glancing through it I see it will interest me greatly. I am just going to start now and read it over.Is'nt this a dreadful war?Our old Town of Dunbar is very busy, it is a Cavalry Depot and Reserves & recruits for various regiments are mobilized here and sent to the front, over 3,000 men have been passed through Dunbar Depot already and recruits for Kitchener's army are arriving05832

here daily. I notice several Canadians amongst the recruits.The town & all along the coast line is being guarded by the Territorials The Territorials are men raised in place of the old volunteers.We dont see much shipping here now, everything appears to be at a standstill a few war vessels cruise about here and watch the Forth,I hope the war will soon be over.With sincere thanks & good wishesI amyours faithfullyThomas F. Bisset

Location

Dunbar [Scotland]

Date Original

1914 Aug 31

Source

Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 20.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir22_0605-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 22, Image 0605

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

Copyright Statement

Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

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.

Pages

2 pages

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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