Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
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178[3]day to day & sends medicine But alas no medicine will change age to youth. Her grandchildren, Mary's Helen 9 yrs old & Joanna's play about the yard & come to her bedside now & then to cheer her with their bright faces & pretty ways. & she is glad to have me near always.Bernie is a remarkably bright intelligent girl, & Bernie is lovely, while Ethel is a fine scholar. Mary's Helen is a healthy merry romp. I wish my babies, the best of all, were here. Love to them & allEver Yours affectionatelyJohn Muir[2]by her bedside telling her Scotch stories stirring up old memories & made her laugh many times as she has not laughed for many a day_ so they tell me. When I first came I could hardly catch a single word of hers when she tried to speak but today I had but little difficulty in understanding all she said.Her case as far as I can see & learn is simply heart failure from age. It is feeble & irregular in action & of course is easily made more so by any little untoward chance of food. Weather etc. The doctor says she may live through the summer if her continues good. & that a few days will tell. Of course Ill remain until I know. Dan is kept advised of her condition from
Location
Portage [Wisc.]
Date Original
1896-06-12T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir09_0196-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0196
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
