Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Walter H.] Page, 1900 Jun 12.
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:
[Walter H.] Page
Date:
1900 Jun 12
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir11_0260-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
M illegible . June 19 Ans. July 2 W H P 8 Martinez, June 12, 12900 My dear Mr Page, I sent by mail today M.S. of ice
article for the Harriman book. the receipt of which please acknowledge. as it is short I hope you will read it, not for wandering
words, sentences out of plumb but for the ice of it. Coming as you do from the unglacial south it may fill a long felt want
. And before you settle down too hopelessly far in book business take a trip to our western Iceland. Go to Glacier Bay Yakutat
Prince William's Sound get some pure wildness into your inky life. Neglect not this glacial advise glacial salvation this
hot weather believe me faithfully Yours John Muir 02702