Creator
John Muir
Recipient
David Douglas
Transcription
[Copied from a Journal of Mr. David Douglas, Edinburgh, Scotland]
[Original in possession of Miss S. B. Douglas, 22 Drummond Place, Edinburgh]
Cunard Royal Mail Steamship "Campania"September 17, 1893.
My dear David Douglas,
I am now fairly off and awa' ower the sea from the old nest to the new - from kin to kin - from friends to friends, and as the old shores begin to fade and I look through the many fine pictures and memories gathered this eventful summer to enrich my life, none pleases me more than my meeting and meetings with you and your family. For your grand old-fashioned Scotch kindness I thank you and bid you goodbye. I shall not forget it, as I am sure you know.
and let me hope that you will now and then think of the lonely mountaineer you so kindly guided through the only wilderness he ever feared.
The boys will tell you how fine and Instructive a time I had in Switzerland, and how well Sir Joseph cared for me in London.
They did a thousand things for me in getting ready to leave Edinburgh, and I trust I may have the opportunity to return some of the kindness I have received from you all.
My kindest regards to Mrs. Douglas.
Farewell,
John Muir.
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Location
Cunard Royal Mail Streamship "Campania"
Date Original
1893 Sep 17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 33 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to David Douglas, 1893 Sep 17." (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 994.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/994
Resource Identifier
muir07_1345-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1345
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.
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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
