Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Charles L.] Biedenbach, 1902 Nov 24.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
Unknown
Contributor:
[Charles L.] Biedenbach
Date:
1902 Nov 24
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir12_0816-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez, Calif.
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Martinez, Cal. Nov. 24, 1902. Dear Mr. Biedenbach: Rest assured I shall be with you December 1st if I can possibly find
a way through the confounded tangle of obligations that holds me here. I see no opening however as yet, or anything that promises
one, therefore, much as it destresses me to seem wanting in appreciation of the Kindness and honor of your invitation, I must
warn you not to count on me. After escaping the common dangers of the wilderness, these kind invitations and honors of civilization
are like to be the death of me, for from some strange mysterious cause they come flying about me thick as snowflakes and give
no end of sore trouble in crying to explain apoor wanderer's inability to accept them. Faithfully Yours illegible