Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Helen [Muir]
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01724[1][letterhead]LONDON, Aug. 31 1893.[in margin: 789]My dear little HelenI am on the way home but it will take a good while to get home for it is a long way & I have to stop here & there along the road Still it will not be long after you get this letter until you get me. Only a few weeks & I'll write & let you know where I am all the time. I got back to England from the big mountains & glaciers of Switzerland last Monday & I was pretty tired for I traveled all night. Then I went to see a grand church full of curious looking old fashioned people made out of stone. Tuesday i went up the Thames river on a steamboat[2]to the Kerr Gardens where all kinds of beautiful trees & palms & ferns & flowers gathered from all the world are growing. I know that you & Wanda & Mama & grandma would be delighted to see them Thousands of men & women & little boys & girls were looking at them & they could go wherever the liked without paying anything if they were careful not to touch any of the flowers. These gardens are larger than all the ranch. Near the gate of the gardens there is a larger building called the Herbarium, & there I found my old friend sir Joseph Hooker & he was glad to see me. He knew me very well as soon as I walked into the room among the dried plants though it is seventeen years since we has seen each other. Next day he brought his family down to London - his wife & daughter & two boys
Location
London, [England]
Date Original
1893 Aug 31
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir07_1311-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1311
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
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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
