Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Wanda Muir]
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Transcription
[Page 4] Will suit him so well. I let Mr Vanderbilt have $300.00 as we proposed. Aug 11th 12 M. I have just returned from a visit to the Jamestown. The Commander Beard[ ] paid me a visit here last evening, & [ ] me aboard his ship. Had a pleasant chat, I an invitation to make the Jamestown my home while here. I also found my friend Koshoti, the chief of the Hoonas, the man who I told you had entertained Mr. Young & I so well last year on Cross Sound, & who made so good a speech. He is here trading, & seemed greatly pleased to learn that I was going to pay him another visit said that meeting me was like meeting his own brother who was dead. His heart felt good etc. In case Mr. Magee goes on with me, as I suppose he will, I shall have to be in Sitka or Fort Wrangel by this time or earlier next month as he
Location
"On board the California" on way to Alaska
Date Original
1880 Aug 10
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 13 cm.
Resource Identifier
1880 Aug 10 JM to Louie
File Identifier
MSS 301 Shone
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
1880 Aug 10 JM to Louie p4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
