Creator
Helen Muir
Recipient
[Wanda Muir Eanna]
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[3]do you know about that?The F.s are all well. Buel finds his greatest pleasure in teasing me. He's a nice boy, at the "pin-feather age" according to Bro. Dick, but is an awful tease - something like Thos. R. in that respect. He calls me "Swiftwater Bill" - threatens dire things to my cats (I have two) puts salt in my coffee, steals my choicest food off my plate, and pours water over me.A few evenings ago I came in late and very thirsty. I said as much and received a very generous drink[1][letterhead]"Idleawhile" - July 12thDear Wandy -Ive thought of you a good deal this last week - principally because I knew how unhappy you would be if it happened to be your fate to be in this part of the country about now. "The hot weather" I kept speaking of as being ahead when you were here, is here now. The hottest day so far was last Friday, when the temperature got real ambitious and hiked up to 115° in the shade, but it cheerfully reaches 109° and 112° right along without a bit of trouble. I've moved my06252
Location
[Daggett, Calif.]
Date Original
[1908 ?] Jul 12
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17 x 27 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir17_0735-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 0735
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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.
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
