Letter from John Muir to [A. H.] Sellers, 1904 Sep 24.

Martinez, CaliforniaSep. 24, 1904.My dear Sellers:You say you thought I had gone to Australia & I began to think you had all gone as far. For your letter of the 11th inst. is the fist I have received from you since I got home from my big ramble.Now that the fine avenue house is sold you must all...

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Main Author: Muir, John
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Language:English
Published: Scholarly Commons 1904
Subjects:
Environmentalist
naturalist
travel
conservation
national parks
John Muir
history
correspondence
letters
Pacific
glaciers
Alaska
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spelling ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:muir-correspondence-3875 2023-10-01T03:56:10+02:00 Letter from John Muir to [A. H.] Sellers, 1904 Sep 24. Muir, John 1904-09-24T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2876 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/muir-correspondence/article/3875/viewcontent/muir14_0560_let.pdf eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2876 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/muir-correspondence/article/3875/viewcontent/muir14_0560_let.pdf The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html John Muir Correspondence (PDFs) Environmentalist naturalist travel conservation national parks John Muir history correspondence letters text 1904 ftunivpacificdc 2023-09-02T22:32:06Z Martinez, CaliforniaSep. 24, 1904.My dear Sellers:You say you thought I had gone to Australia & I began to think you had all gone as far. For your letter of the 11th inst. is the fist I have received from you since I got home from my big ramble.Now that the fine avenue house is sold you must all come to California as soon as you can, build your next home here & be my neighbor. Then we can grow old or young handsomely together. The High Sierra will be our glorious back yard, the Pacific our pond where we can sail when we like-, to Alaska for icebergs & glaciers & fresh air, To the Andes for exercise & noble aboriginal Araucaria forests - To South Africa & Madagasear for giant Baobabs & back by India for another look at the Himalaya & deodars. etc etc-I congratulate you on having now all the world for a house, & yet I can't help feeling a little sad at the loss of the avenue home, the only home I ever had in Chicago.I'm puttering a little with my pen trying to write another book & have planned five others. When if ever I can get any of them off my hands I dont know. It seems hardly worth while to waste so much precious time on them.With love to you all, & sympathy for the sick mother I am ever faithfully yoursJohn Muir Text glaciers Alaska University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons Pacific
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naturalist
travel
conservation
national parks
John Muir
history
correspondence
letters
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naturalist
travel
conservation
national parks
John Muir
history
correspondence
letters
Muir, John
Letter from John Muir to [A. H.] Sellers, 1904 Sep 24.
topic_facet Environmentalist
naturalist
travel
conservation
national parks
John Muir
history
correspondence
letters
description Martinez, CaliforniaSep. 24, 1904.My dear Sellers:You say you thought I had gone to Australia & I began to think you had all gone as far. For your letter of the 11th inst. is the fist I have received from you since I got home from my big ramble.Now that the fine avenue house is sold you must all come to California as soon as you can, build your next home here & be my neighbor. Then we can grow old or young handsomely together. The High Sierra will be our glorious back yard, the Pacific our pond where we can sail when we like-, to Alaska for icebergs & glaciers & fresh air, To the Andes for exercise & noble aboriginal Araucaria forests - To South Africa & Madagasear for giant Baobabs & back by India for another look at the Himalaya & deodars. etc etc-I congratulate you on having now all the world for a house, & yet I can't help feeling a little sad at the loss of the avenue home, the only home I ever had in Chicago.I'm puttering a little with my pen trying to write another book & have planned five others. When if ever I can get any of them off my hands I dont know. It seems hardly worth while to waste so much precious time on them.With love to you all, & sympathy for the sick mother I am ever faithfully yoursJohn Muir
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op_rights The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
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