Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[Annie Kennedy] Bidwell

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[stamped at top: Bidwell Papers Bancroft Library]Martinez, March 29, 1881.Dear Mrs Bidwell,Bloom time has come and a bloom baby has come and never since the Glacial Period or Baby Period began on earth were happier people How beautiful the world is and how beautiful is the time of the coming of our darling. We are five now. four steadfast old lovers around one little love. She is four days old or four years I scarce remember which. You must come & see.Every truly your friend. John Muir.[stamped at top: Bidwell Papers Bancroft Library][on envelope: Mrs General Bidwell, Chico, California.]

Location

Martinez, [Calif]

Date Original

1881 Mar 29

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir04_0470-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 04, Image 0470

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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

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