Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Muir]
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Transcription
[3] 2[letterhead] Victoria, B.C. ………………………………….18 …………….silver firs with here & there a few with its red berries & dark foliage, & a Maple or two, then the tall firs & spruces forming the forest primeval. We came to a good many fields of grain but all of them small as compared with the number of the houses. The oats & barely is just about ripe. We saw little orchards too a good many [pears?] little red brown fellows, six hatfuls per tree, & the queerest little sprinkling of little red & yellow cherries just beginning to ripen. Many of the cottage homes about town are as lovely as cottage may be, embo[illegible]d in honeysuckle & green gardens & lots of lawn & orchard & grand oaks with lovely outlooks, The day has been delightful how you would have enjoyed it all three of you. Our baggage is already aboard & hour [draws?] nigh I must go, I shall write you again from [Nanaimo?]. Goodbye again my love Keep a strong heart & speedily will fly the hours that bring me back to thee Love to Mother & father Farewell, Ever your affectionate husband John Muir00940
Location
Victoria, B. C.
Date Original
1880 Aug 3
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27 x 20.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0269-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0269
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
