Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Horatio N.] Rust, 1902 Sep 3.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
The Huntington Library, Muir Family Papers, HM 57349-57497. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of
the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[Horatio N.] Rust
Date:
1902 Sep 3
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir12_0561-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Martinez Sep. 3/02 Dear Mr Rust. The excitement about the Big Tree 12 miles north of Millwood is not justified by the
facts. It is 108 feet circum- one foot above the ground 97 1/2 feet circum- four feet above the ground 93 feet circum- six
feet above the ground It is a fine healthy shapely tree one of the largest living of those that have been carefully measured,
but it cannot be called the largest (see my Sequoia chapter in Our Nat. Parks ) You can reach it by wagon via Visalia Millwood.
There is a daily stage from Sanger, I think from Visalia also, your nearest way. The Sellers were kept at home or near it
this year by sickness or accident to Mrs Sellers brother the care of her aged mother With pleasant memories of my visit to
your charming home hoping to see you here I am faithfully yours John Muir