Title:
Letter from John Muir to [C. Hart] Merriam, 1901 Aug 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:
[C. Hart] Merriam
Date:
1901 Aug 15
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir11_0818-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Martinez, Aug. 15 /01 My dear Merriam We got home Saturday P.M. and had a pleasant trip. The ride down the river canon
and through the forest along the top of the dividing ridge of the Tuolumne and Merced was grand - more interesting I think
in wide views than either of the other roads. In the canon we passed through lots of Tumion. As I had guessed I found my
table loaded with letters, and proof sheets of my last article on Sequoia which has gone uncorrected into the Sep. Atlantic,
and of the first 4 chapters of my book. Have just finished and sent them on. Peaches and Bartlett pears abound here. Wish
I could fill your camp and boys with them, but some no doubt will be ripe and ready for you when you come. We often think
these days of the cool floods of living mountain water. Remember me to Miss Rathburn, your wife and darlings and to the enviable
ever-hungry boys. Love and good luck to all. Ever yours, JOHN MUIR I begin to think your plan for a Sierra tree and shrub
book a good one and guess I'll try it. I shall want photos of all the shrubs as well as trees, most of which I'll look to
you for as you have so kindly encouraged me to do. They should if possible be got in flower or fruit or both. Will talk it
over when you come to your California home. Grace is safely with her mother by God's Grace Foulds Amen. 02880