Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Margaret Hay Lunam]
Transcription
Martinez, January, 17, 1895.
Dear Cousin,
I received your letter of the 22d of last month; also the copy of the Scotsman with the review of my book for which I thank you.
I'm glad you find the book interesting. In it I have tried to describe & explain what a traveler would see for himself if he were to come here & go over the ranges & through the forests as I have done. We are having heavy rains this winter. It is raining just now & the streams are roaring, not so loud though as the winds & waves among the Dunbar rocks. I should greatly enjoy a grand storm there. I remember seeing the waves dashing over the harbor once or twice when I was a boy & as you say
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it does not seem long since we were children. The lives of busy people pass so fast they seem neither long nor short. And all lives are happy lives that are long enough to know God's love.
I hope your fires keep bright enough to keep away rheumatism. You should fairly toast yourself when the winds come from the sea cold & fogladen.
We are all well as usual here & in Wisconsin. Sarah was sick a week or so, but is better now. Remember me to all my friends. Love to Maggie & Jane Mather whose letter I received a day or two ago. While I must again say goodbye with best wishes.
Ever your affectionate cousin John Muir
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[in margin: I wish You & Maggie & Your Mother would send me Your photographs]
Location
Martinez [Calif]
Date Original
1895-01-17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Margaret Hay Lunam], 1895 Jan 17." (1895). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6968.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6968
Resource Identifier
muir08_0731-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0731
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters