Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[Mrs. Margaret Hay Lunam and daughter]

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[Original in possession of Miss Margaret Lunam, Dunbar. Scotland]Cunard Royal Mail Steamship "Campania"September 16. 1893.[To Mrs. Margaret Lunam and daughter]My dear Cousins, Maggies two: L J I am now off and awa' from the auld name to the new. from friends to friends, and I again bid you Goodbye with liveliest feelings of thanks and gratitude for the kind and hearty way you have taken your lonely stormbeaten and long-lost, wandering cousin to your hearts and home. Among all the many pictures and impressions made on my memory this strange, exciting summer, none are so keen or likely to be so lasting as those of my cousins,the Hays, Gilroys, Mathers, etc., and I am turning them round and round and over and over in my mind as the shores of the old loved country begin to fade and the broad, roaring sea begins to separate us once more.But no matter how far I go I shall never forget you, and I hope you will now and then think of me, whether in my happy California home, bathed In the brightest of bright sunshine, or among the clouds and storms of the northern mountains; and in this changing world, if ever you need a helping hand, be sure to call onYour loving Cousin,John Muir.Remember me to the good old ladies of the Villa, and say 1 remember their kindness.

Location

Cunard Royal Mail Streamship "Campania"

Date Original

1893 Sep 16

Source

Original letter dimensions: 33 x 21.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir07_1342-trans.tif

File Identifier

Reel 07, Image 1342

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

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