Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Henry F.] Osborn, 1904 Dec 29.
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:
[Henry F.] Osborn
Date:
1904 Dec 29
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir14_0765-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, California Dec. 29, 1904 My dear Mr Osborn: Hearty congratulations on Virginia's marriage. How quick girls
grow. My own two babes are already women, and to think of the boys in Princeton or nearly out of it. I read your Century
articles with great interest. You are in a grand work giving life to the beasts of the auld lang syne. You are succeeding
admirably in a magnificent field. I wish you had been with me on my long trip. I'm now trying to write another little book
and so must stick to my desk in grim self-denial for a long time. Nevertheless I don't dispair of seeing you all ere many
years go by in your beautiful Hudson woods. I look back in the meantime to the memorable visit I enjoyed at Wing-and-Wing
with pure pleasure With best wishes for the New Year and kindest regards to Mrs Osborn I am Faithfully yours John Muir
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