Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Wanda and Helen [Muir]
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[1][letterhead]May 3112 noonDear babies Wanda & Helen.I came here last night on the special train the most velvety soft & superb train I ever saw. John Burroughs was the first to greet me in the crowd. & I Have been shaking hands ever since The party are exceptionally good natured for scientists Not a single fight Yet Brewer is [hale?] & hearty as ever He alone might be trusted to keep all calm & harmonious. He has a regular peace-be-still face. Fernow is very jolly. Fernow the botantist such a Capital fellow02587[2][letterhead]& as far as I have seen so are they all.We have got our room on the steamer & will sail this eveningI wish you all could be with me We will go to Glacier Bay & perhaps up the Stickeen a days journey all details of visits to different points are settled by committees etcThe lectures are the only things that bother me. I'm down for one on glaciers this eveningLove to Mamma & Maggie. Heaven bless you darlingsJohn Muir02587
Location
Seattle, Wash.
Date Original
1899-05-31T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 14 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir10_0815-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0815
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
