Title:
Letter from C[harles] S[prague] Sargent to John Muir, 1898 Jul 13.
Creator:
C[harles] S[prague] Sargent
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1898 Jul 13
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir10_0280-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 26 x 20 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Rights:
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Transcription:
ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Jamaica Plain, Mass, July 13, 1898. My dear Muir: I have today received the enclosed
note from Canby who says that he has already written you about our journey. The scheme seems to be to leave here or New York
about the 15th of September for the south, but that does not mean that you must put off coming here until that date, for the
sooner you come the better I shall be pleased as we can have some good times in New England together before starting for the
south, although at the end of August there is to be a terrible crowd of pseudo-scientists, foresters, botanists, and alii
kinds of people here, a big convention and blow-out--a thing to be avoided by you and I and all other respectable and self-respecting
men. I may have to be here for a day or two at that time as some of them may want to see the Arboretum, but if you want to
avoid the crowd I can stowe you away with the family very safely and remotely in our house at Woods Hole which is on the extreme
tip of the heel of Cape Cod. a spot where you will find a good many things to interest you. Faithfully yours, illegible
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