Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[John V.] Cheney
Transcription
Martinez. Oct. 3. 1894
My dear Cheney
I thought on reading your witty rhyme before noticing the title--cylindrical thing without leg without wing Glazed membrane stuffed with motion sly India-rubber [illegible] etc.--Reading thus far I thought you were describing a bicycle after being run down. but of course soon saw your twister mysterious & his relation to the lady initial
I think it's capital
extend our poor earthborn companion & fellow mortal full length, paint him in his own colors. & send him to Gilder in all his beauty such as it is & all his limber longitude.
Many thanks. This is the first fair & kind word I have ever heard for friend op[illegible]. But you must take the fun ot of your lines & get to the standpoint of genuine brotherhood
Cordially yours
John Muir
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1894-10-03
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [John V.] Cheney, 1894 Oct 3." (1894). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6891.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6891
Resource Identifier
muir08_0423-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0423
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 Huntington Library, Muir Family Papers, HM 57349-57497. 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
