Title:
Letter from C[harles] S. Sargent to John Muir, 1904 Jul 11.
Creator:
C[harles] S. Sargent
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1904 Jul 11
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir14_0351-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 26 x 20 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Rights:
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Transcription:
ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY. Jamaica Plain, Mass., July 11, 1904. My dear Muir: I am much obliged for your
letter of July 6th and the information about our St. Petersburg friend who, on the whole, was about as satisfactory a Russian
as we encountered. You can very well talk about making descriptions short and sharp and crystal clear. If any one can understand
what I have written they will do better than I can. Color touches all left out as we are very short of space. The illustrations
are really good and instructive, and I hope the keys will prove useful. I have in type all the Conifers, the Oaks, Willows,
Birches, Poplars. Hickories, and several of the other troublesome groups. I have just now reached your old friend Crataegus,
which is worse than the hot wave which is now upon us. I should have written you before that every member of the family is
in excellent condition, including Alice who apparently has been greatly benefitted by her escapade of last summer. Mrs. Sargent
is soon starting for Islesboro, but I don't see any prospect of my getting away for a long time, although I must try and find
a few new Crataeguses this autumn or you will be dissatisfied. With kind regards to your family, Faithfully yours, Illegible
John Muir, Esq., Martinez, Cal. 03403