Creator

Helen Muir

Recipient

[Wanda Muir Eanna]

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[6]gaze at myself in the c[illegible]bly sort of mirror I had.In a day or two Im going to send you a shirt for Tom, and those books. And in return for the shirt please send me my blue & white crepe [diacritic] one (like Tom's that you dont like" and a good-looking white one I have - you'll find both in the drawers in my closet. Send them soon, if you can - also the tan stockings and night gowns, for this hot weather I need more. The other things I wanted are not so urgent. Just roll up these few by Express. Im sticking to my chair so guess it's time to move.Lovingly Helen[in margin: P.S. got a very cheerful letter from Papa yesterday - is well & having fine time at Sante K[illegible] Lake. Expected to stay another week there.][4][letterhead]in my face - not where I wanted it at all. And later while I was eating my solitary supper, Mr Boggs came by and just as he whistled my "Hello" - Buel poured half a pail of water on my unsuspecting head.I had a postal from Barney last week. His brother in Mo. is dead and he was on his way there - Maysville, Mo. I just missed seeing him too, for the day before he went thro' here Mary and I were in Barstow, That reminds me, Carrie wrote me about three weeks ago that Cousin Jim06252

Location

[Daggett, Calif.]

Date Original

[1908 ?] Jul 12

Source

Original letter dimensions: 17 x 27 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir17_0739-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 17, Image 0739

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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.

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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 3

Keywords

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

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