Creator
J[ohn] H. Riley
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
Indianapolis, April 10 – 1893
Mr John Muir:
Martinez, Cal.
My dear Friend:
A few weeks since I received, through the kindness of Mrs Graydon, your instructive and [illegible]fully illustrated “Picturesque California” inscribed to me by your own hand. I have been busy of late in preparing and perfecting “Worlds’ Fair” Exhibits; and for the first time since we were fellow workmen have been sick for a week or [mon.?] These things have kept me from promptly acknowledging the receipt of your book But I must say that none of these things have kept me from reading it [and admiring?] its wonderfully realistic illustrations. I thank you for it and prize it very highly, both because of its merit and particularly, I think, because the work is edited by one who was once a fellow-laborer with myself. I often think of you, and Mrs Riley and I often speak of you. Your name is a house hold word with us. The world has travelled on at a great rate in the twenty five years since you and I made wheels together, and
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you, I am proud to say, have travelled with it. You have made yourself useful and known to all who care anything for the secrets of nature and the far away wonders of the world and this must indeed be to you a source of happiness as it is a gratification to your old friends here. As for myself I remain much as I was, useful to those dependent upon me, and the foreman of a number of men. Mrs Riley joins me in the wish that your researches and discoveries may bring you additional fame and gratification.
Very sincerely yours
J. H. Riley
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Location
Indianapolis, [Ind.]
Date Original
1893 Apr 10
Source
Original letter dimensions: 29.5 x 20.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Riley, John H., "Letter from J[ohn] H. Riley to John Muir, 1893 Apr 10." (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 890.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/890
Resource Identifier
muir07_0910-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0910
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
Copyright status unknown
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
