Creator

Lena Vanderbilt

Recipient

[Louie] Muir

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rapidly, she is a great pet here as she is the only little American girl of her age here. Annie was very fond of Mr Muir when he was at our house, she seemed to prefer him to her Papa or Mama, Your little Annie must be very sweet and a great comfort during Mr Muirs absence, I should so dearly like to see her, she must be four or five months old now. The Jamestown leaving here has made quite a change, quite a number of the officers had their wives here and now that they have gone the place seems quite deserted but some of the [Wachusett?] officers are sending this steamer for their wives so it will not be so lonely. Thank you very kindly for your invitation to visit you. Mr Vanderbilt’s business will not permit his leavinghere this winter but we hope to go to California some time next year and then we will most happily accept your invitation. We see by late papers that the Corwin will be at San Francisco soon and we sincerely trust that Mr Muir will be with you before long. With best wishes and kind regards hoping that in your next we may hear of the safe return of Mr MuirI remain sincerely yours Jena Vanderbilt

Location

Sitka, Alaska

Date Original

1881 Sep 11

Source

Original letter dimensions: 21 x 27 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir04_0692-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 04, Image 0692

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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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