Title:
Letter from C. Hart Merriam to John Muir, 1900 Jun 28.
Creator:
C. Hart Merriam
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:
John Muir
Date:
1900 Jun 28
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir11_0266-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Washington, D.C.
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 28, 1900. My dear Mr. Muir: A recent absence from the city has delayed me in acknowledging the
receipt of your long looked-for manuscript and in replying to your kind letters. The paper is good and wo are very glad to
have it. My only regret is that you did not make it longer, so as to include the interesting story of your early explorations.
I am now reading it carefully, and selecting as many illustrations as possible to go with it I am very glad to know that
you have got rid of the grippe, and am not surprised that you are still panting for the wilderness. I hope to get off late
in July and to spend at least a month in the Sierra. Of course I shall hunt you up, and I hope it will be possible for you
to go with me into the mountains. I note your request to remember to my father. Unhappily he died in February. I enclose
herewith one of his photographs, which I am sure both you and Mrs. Muir will be glad to see. With best wishes, and many thanks
for the manuscript,. Very truly yours, illegible Mr. John Muir, Martinez, Calif. 02706