Creator

John Muir

Recipient

Helen [Muir Funk]

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[letterhead]June 22, 1911Darling Helen,I hope ere this you have found a good cool mountain camp for your little family. Watch the babe's gums. He is so perfectly healthy the danger is comparatively slight, but at best care must taken to have the gums lanced if the pain is great enough to cause restlessness and don't forget care of your dear selfI've just returned from New Haven The Yale commencement exercises were magnificent.I received honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in most flattering style. I hope to be able to send you photo of myself in academic robes worn too in heroic style.Send letters hereafter c/o R. U. Johnson Editorial Department The Century Magazine Union Square, New York CityEver devotedly John Muir

Location

New York

Date Original

1911 Jun 22

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir20_0399-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 20, Image 0399

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

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