Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Helen [Muir]
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Transcription
01680Switzerland. Mrs Sargent gave it to me as a great compliment & I want you to show it to mamma & grandma & Wanda & then lay it away carefully & keep it for me & give back to me when I get home. I am going to Scotland soon & then Ill send you some Scotch heather & some other nice things Everybody is good to papa & I am very well only I keep wanting to see you, Willie went to Scotland & is waiting for me there. I’m not going to stop very long so you must not feel lonesome. I liked the letter you sent me when I was in Chicago It was very sweet & I want you to write another. I suppose you got the nice flowers from Walden Pond They are for your own little self to keep, but you may give one or two to Wanda. And I suppose too that you got the pictures I bought in Concord Papa will not be away very long. Goodbye sweet darling Soon Ill write you another letter Goodbye my darling goodbye. Kiss Wanda & mamma for [marginalia]
Location
…New York
Date Original
1893 Jun 15
Source
Original letter dimensions: 23 x 14.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir07_1076-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1076
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
