Title:
Letter from [John Muir] to [Jeanne C.] Carr, 1873 Jun 7.
Creator:
[John Muir]
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[Jeanne C.] Carr
Date:
1873 Jun 7
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir02_1150-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 13 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Yosemite Valley
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Yosemite Valley June 7th 1873 Dear friend Mr Carr, I came down last night from the Lyell Glacier weary with walking in
the snow but I forgot my weariness the pain of my sun blistered face in the news of your coming I would like you to bring
me a pair or two of green spectacles to save my eyes, as I have some weeks of hard work exposure among the glaciers this fall,
They are sore with my last journey. All of the upper mtns are yet deeply snow clad the river from the top of Lyell was inf
illegible ly glorious, Thanking God for thee I say a short Farwell in margin: Dr Kellogg has not yet appeared nor any of
the other friends you speak of