Title:
Letter from John Muir to Sarah [Muir Galloway], 1872 May 13.
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:
Sarah [Muir Galloway]
Date:
1872 May 13
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir02_0824-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 33 x 21.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Yosemite Valley
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Original letter in possession of Sarah Muir Galloway Beatrice Castle, 1921 Yosemite Valley, May 13, 1872. Dear Sister
Sarah: A few days ago I got a package of plants and seeds from Hong Kong, China, and as you have an appetite for curiosities
I thought I would send you a few scraps of them. They are from the Countess of Avonmore, once the famous Mrs. Yelverton. She
writes that the country about Hong Kong is exceedingly beautiful. In speaking of her book, Zanita, she says that she thinks
they have suppressed a good many passages in it. Yosemite is glorious with the scents and colors and songs of spring. We
have black oaks whose young leaves purple like those of wis. DO you remember Merrill Moores? He is coming to spend a year
with me. I expect him soon. Yesterday I was on Clouds Rest, 6000 feet above the bottom of the valley. A short but severe
snow storm came down suddenly in blinding force. I witnessed three magnificent avalanches of ice and snow that started a few
yards from me. They descend from here in loud boomings and in glorious array for a distance of a mile or more, carrying boulders
and trees with them. My love to all. John Muir