Title:
Letter from John Muir to Henry G. Bryant, 1909 Nov 7.
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 G. Bryant
Date:
1909 Nov 7
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir18_0872-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez, Calif.
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Original in possession of Mr. H. G. Bryant. Martinez, California NOV. 7, 1909-Mr. Henry G. Bryant, Secretary American
Alpine Club, Philadelphia. Dear Mr Bryant Many thanks for your kind letter on the plan for the next business meeting
dinner of the club. Should the Fates be kind enough to allow me to cross the Continent next December You may be sure I shall
be delighted to meet you all in Boston. At present however the outlook is far from promising. Strange to say the severest
exposure in the wilderness never does me any harm while in comfortable civilization I catch all sorts of disabling coughs,
colds, grippes etc, especially when I venture far on railway cars in winter. Since my home has been broken up by the death
of my wife marriage of my daughters I am left alone here in my library den, traveling far becomes more more difficult. I have
always said I would not waste time writing books until too old to climb mountains. Now in my 71st year I have commenced to
look over a neglected pile of note books with plans for publication, which work with endless interruptions makes but little
headway. The fight for Hetch Hetchy Valley National Parke in general will be on again in Congress next month. I was with
the President Secretary Ballinger in Yosemite Hetch Hetchy last month I m happy to say all seems favorable. If I can t get
to you in winter I must try in summer With all good wishes Your faithful fellow mountaineer John Muir 04626