Title:
Letter from John Muir to [A. H.] Sellers, 1899 Feb 20.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library . Please contact
this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[A. H.] Sellers
Date:
1899 Feb 20
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir10_0678-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:
Martinez, Feb 20, 1899 My dear Sellers. Your letter has the right jingle. A few months more or less in the business woods
spent in having a way out is all right still I think you should have been out ere this, need special grace for these last
months to avoid? over work worry prevent them from growing into years - Few Chicago business men lose less then ten years
of life beneath the weight worry of these huge compound forty story commercial affairs Tell Frank to say a moderation prayer
every morning as a help against overwork. How calm trees stars appear after seeing Chicago streets. You have had rough weather
never I guess needed California more. The days are warm here - most everything in blossom. Wanda Mrs Muir have had Grippe
both are now well or better. I'm pegging away at forest work making mighty slow progress - slow as a glacier. Remember me
to Mrs Sellers Frank believe me Ever Yours Faithfully John Muir