Creator
Louie [Strentzel] Muir
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[4]Col. Sellers wrote a most cordial invitation for us all to visit them in Chicago urging us “to stay at least two weeks with them, so you must be sure to go. They inclose also a letter to Mr. & Mrs. Keith which I sent to you. They were in Europe since Christmas and had just returned. I shall write to Mrs. Sellers tomorrow. Francie is ready to go with the letters, so no more Love to Grandma Muir and the others.Faithfully Yours,Louie Muir[in margin: 872][1]Martinez CaliforniaMay 19, 1893.My beloved husband:O John, how glad we were when the telephone rang out word of your safe arrival in Portland, Tuesday midnight the wind blew so wildly here that I dreaded to think what might be out on the stormy sea and the foaming breakers in the dark. I hope my message reached you in Portland, but it was late before yours’ came to Martinez this morning.
Location
Martinez, California
Date Original
1893 May 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 23 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir07_0964-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0964
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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.
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
