Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Annie] Wanda [Muir]
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Transcription
Yosemite Valley July 16th 1884 My Dear Wanda, Papa & Mamma are coming home to baby tomorrow & Mamma & papa have been glad all the time when Grandpa wrote a letter & baby wrote a letter that said "baby is well & good & does not cry at all" After Paper wrote the other letter to baby Mamma & Papa climbed up a high mountain & Mamma got tired & so papa walked behind & pushed mamma with a long stick this way & the stock soon began to hurt Mamma's back & then Mamma was too warm & so she took off some of her clothes & papa tied a skirt shirt on the end of the stick &
[sketch: along Four Mile Trial or other trail to Glacier Point from Valley]
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1884 Jul 16
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir05_0109-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0109
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle