Title:
Letter from John Muir to [?] Manson, [1901].
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:
[?] Manson
Date:
[1901]
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir11_1103-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 22.5 x 14.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
[Martinez, Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
First draft of letter, in note-book 59 (21) 1901 Bear Mr. Manson: I'm glad you found my sketch of the N orth Pacific
Coast Glaciers useful to you in your studies. On the usefulness of studies on the distribution of life-giving rain there can
be no question. As to how Mr. Har riman would regard work of this kind I have no means of knowing. He is a tremendously heavy-laden
business man. choosing and making his own ways, unsteerable as a glacier. Hoping to see you ere long, I am, Faithfully yours,
J. M. 02890