Title:
Letter from John Muir to C. Hart Merriam, 1900 Jan 1 .
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
C. Hart Merriam
Date:
1900 Jan 1
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir11_0020-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Martinez, Jan. 1, 1900. My dear Dr. Merriam, With all my heart I wish you a happy New Year and congratulate you on getting
your desks cleared for new work this strange-sounding A.D. 1900. Mine are far from clear. I'm still pegging away on trees
and brush for a little book on National Parks Forest Reserves etc. Hope to get it off my hands by early spring when I may
take another run through the southern forests with Sargent, and may then chance to find you ere you take flight for the summer.
I'm glad to hear of the good Harriman times you are having in Washington and that Burroughs is to get the story of the grand
trip into literature so early. No doubt it will be well done. As for the icy part I'm to do, I can't say when it can be done
but I'll do the best I can as soon as prior engagements are got rid of. Have you seen Charlie Keeler's bird book just out?
If not I'll send you a copy, though it will coals to Newcastle. It will be a pleasant reminder of a charming bird lover and
of our novel excursion on the Elder. My girls are studying your sister's books and find them charming. Remember me to all
the wondrous Harriman congregation you see. I don't know in the least how I am to get out of your debt for this rich trip.
Good luck to you. Don't work too hard. Ever your friend, JOHN MUIR 02649