Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Margaret Hay Lunam]
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Transcription
Martinez, California, June 25, 1910Dear Cousin, Sister Margaret who as you know has long been frail died Wednesday the 22d and was buried in the Martinez Cemetery Friday the 24th. She suffered little or no pain. Her last three days were passed in quite unbroken sleep, and thus she entered the Better Land.All her children were with her. Her son Harry and daughter Ann having come from Nebraska, John Jesse & May are living on the ranch here. While David and Sarah came from Pacific Grove. I was writing in a friends house at Los Angeles but hurried home three weeks ago in time to help to cheer and soothe and comfort her in passing through the dark valley.Last winter she suffered from a severe attack of influenza followed by a fall from her bed and a slight shock of apoplexy under which she gradually faded away. She was nearly 76 years of age, the oldest and best loved of the family And while glad she is at rest, we still mourn her loss. Trusting the summer weather is cheering you both I am affectionately your cousin John Muir04816
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1910 Jun 25
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir19_0563-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 19, Image 0563
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
