Creator
James [Davie] Butler
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[letterhead] 518
Madison, April 15 ‘93
My John Muir.
My dear Friend. You will no doubt see Chicago, and I want you to see me and mine. Am sorry you have told me nothing of your late adventures. Can it be that you, like me, have turned your walking-stick into a stake? I have supped full of travel, and now seem to be [illegible] with going to and fro in the earth. No journey save to St. Louis to address a club on Phases of witticism. My girls, - long broken down after their Mother’s death, at last found in Chicago a mighty healer. – For three months I have now rejoiced over their recuperation.
A new book is sent me every month for review by The Nation. So I am pulled into the present. But looking backward to see where the present came from is my passion. The greek chroniclers that have so long walked hand in hand with time are my food, and feast as well.- But old correspondents it is my grief that so few of them can write any more. Especially do I lack them in the house of my childhood.- for others as well as I ran away from the native nest. You will see nature here as it was – but art has added what it could. Henry puts in a day here about once a month With memories and hopes
James D. Butler.
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Location
Madison, [Wisc]
Date Original
1893 Apr 15
Source
Original letter dimensions: 22.5 x 14.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Butler, James Davie, "Letter from James [Davie] Butler to John Muir, 1893 Apr 15." (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 891.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/891
Resource Identifier
muir07_0914-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0914
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
