Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Alice] McChesney, 1898 Jul 15.
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:
[Alice] McChesney
Date:
1898 Jul 15
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir10_0282-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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to publish or exhibit them, see
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Original letter returned to Mrs. J. B. MeChesney Martinez, July 15, 1898. My dear Mrs. MeChesney: It is delightful to
get your Yosemite letter so full of the mountain air and old-time happy memories, How George and Alice must have enjoyed the
blessed songful waters and the woods and rocks. I've been trying for weeks to write a few articles about them for a little
book, and was at work on the Yosemite region when your letter came. I wish I could talk it over with you. Strange how hard
it is to get to Oakland. I haven't yet seen the Ben tons since they came home. I made three trips to the Sierra this year
for the flowers of Abies magnifica, and found them at last above Deer Park. I hope to see the Eastern woods in autumn colors
this fall about the Great Lakes and Canada and along the Alleghanies. Come up and see us, and bring the Bentons. With kindest
regards to Mr. MeChesney and Alice and George, and many pleasant memories, I am, Cordially yours, John Muir 02450