Title:
Letter from John Muir to Joanna [Muir Brown], 1902 Feb 10.
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:
Joanna [Muir Brown]
Date:
1902 Feb 10
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir12_0210-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez, Calif.
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Original in possession of Mrs. L. W. Brown, The Hanover, Richmond, Va. Martinez, Cal. February 10, 1902. Dear Joanna:
I'm glad to learn you are so pleasantly located in Old Virginia by the Sea, and that you feel so comfortably at home there.
The winter storms all along the Atlantic Coast are severe, and you must learn to guard your health against them. Charles S.
Sargent is an old friend of mine, Professor at Harvard. Director of Arnold Arboretum, author of Silva of North America, and
the cause of my writing the Park book. With love to you all, I am Ever affectionately your brother, J ohn Muir.02953