Creator

Helen Muir

Recipient

[John Muir]

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Martinez Calif. July 11, 1896My Dear Papa,I got your nice letter yesterday aftenoon I was so glad to get it and to hear that you are a thousand miles nearer home for O/ you seemed a long way off before.This morning there was a thunder shower over our valley and we saw a great many flashes of lightning that I thought were very beautiful and I liked to hear the thunder roll. My poor little black kitten 'Panther' was so scared that he took a fit, and I was so sorry for him. We have not found any little dog yet.We, that is Wanda, Enid Bird, and I, went over to Uncle David's house and then we climbed the east hill so we had a delightful walk and we heard a coyote and saw a09243

Location

Martinez, Calif

Date Original

1896-07-10T00:00:00

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir09_0294-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 09, Image 0294

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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

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