Creator

John Muir

Recipient

Wanda [Muir]

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[2]picture one of them took unknown to me at the time on the Nile steamerHere also is a postal card for Dorothy. I think I enclosed one for Miriam at Cairo.What a strange desert region this Red Sea & canal country is — But I must get ready to go Goodbye darling & darlings & Heaven ever keep you with tenderest love. Affectionately your Father J. M.[1][letterhead]Port Said, Nov 22 19034 P.M.My dear Wanda,A few days ago at Cairo I wrote I intended going to Australia The steamer Barbarosa, a big 10,000 ton ship bound for that far antipodal Eucalyptus land has been signaled outside & in a few hours I expect to get aboard. Three Bells brother & sisters from Philadelphia are going as far as Ceylon & so I dont feel so lonesome.Here is a Kodak03310

Location

Port Said [Egypt]

Date Original

1903 Nov 22

Source

Original letter dimensions: 21 x 26.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir13_0880-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 13, Image 0880

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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