Creator

Louie [Strentzel] Muir

Recipient

John Muir

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darkness! I can not bear it. John, my beloved, my husband, God be merciful, and lead you always in His own good way, out from the shadow and the danger, and at last bring you home to the waiting hearts that love you, that pray for you. Our baby is seven days older, and every day she is more fair and sweet and precious a blessed Revelation to my heart. O papa, can you see her? Surely for one little minute every morning, you can come when she wakens to the light, and the radiance of her blue, beautiful eyes seems brighter than the sunshine. ———— She calls for me, now with tearful eyes, — and there is no more time.We wait, oh so longing for word from you, for your own dear letters. Baby has ceased her fretting and now is cooing and smiling to papa’s picture, our own mountaineer, she will know you and love you when you come.Good-bye Beloved, Louie Muir

Location

Martinez, California

Date Original

1881 Jun 13

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir04_0608-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 04, Image 0608

Copyright Statement

Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Owning Institution

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.

Page Number

Page 2

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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