Title:
Letter from John Muir to Charles Keeler, 1911 Jan 2.
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:
Charles Keeler
Date:
1911 Jan 2
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir20_0024-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Los Angeles
Rights:
Copyrighted
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, see
http://library.pacific.edu/ha/forms
Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan, 2, 1911. 325 West Adams Street, Mr. Charles Keeler, 2727 Lwight Way, Berkeley, Cal, My dear
Charlie:- I think with you that it is a long time since we have had the pleasure of meeting. When I begin to write it seems
as though I could think of nothing else, and oftentimes my friends must fancy I have forgotten them, though I never forget
In your desire to mingle with the currents of art, literature and science where they flow deepest, I sincerely sympathize;
and wish you every success. You are fortunate in having so capable and living a grandmother to care for your children while
you are abroad. I too wish to make a trip into South America but whether I shall be able to get away this year or not I can't
tell. In the meantime I am hard at work on a book on YoSemite Valley, and with me writing consumes a great deal of time May
the New Year bring you and your lovely family God's best luck. Ever faithfully your friend, illegible