Creator

John Muir

Recipient

Ina Coolbrith

Preview

image preview

Transcription

Martinez, June 11, 1910 Dear Ina: I’ve been away nearly three months in Los Angeles until called home by my sister Margaret’s illness. The doctors give no hope of recovery though she may linger a long or short time. She suffered an apoplectic stroke last Saturday after a very long severe attack of Grippe, and is very feeble, sometimes fails to recognize her own daughters though she always knows me and clings to me. I must stay beside her to cheer and comfort her as best I can in the gloomy valley. As to talk before your press club I see no hope of being able to accept the honor just now. Will probably be on the other side of the continent working on the other new books. One of them is now in Houghton Mifflin Co’s hands to be published in the fall. By the way did I send you Stickeen. It not let me know. It is fine to have lang syne recalled by your letters for I am every faithfully your friend John Muir.

Location

Martinez [Calif.]

Date Original

1910 Jun 11

Source

Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21 cm.

Resource Identifier

1910 Jun 11 JM to Ina

File Identifier

MSS 2 M953 Coolbrith

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

Letter from John Muir to Ina Coolbrith, 1910 Jun 11

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

Share

COinS