Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Helen [Muir Funk]
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Martinez, CaliforniaDecember 3rd, 1914Dear Helen:I was glad to see by your letter of the twenty-fourth of last month that you are as merry and happy as ever and all goes well. The only thing that seems to trouble you at all is my long delayed visit. Since the weather has at last broken and the melancholy mud has come and the coughs-and colds common to this part of the glorious climate of California my visit threatens to be still longer delayed, possibly till next spring. I have a very comfortable bed and plenty of firewood, have got electric light now in the house and everything has been put in comparative order. From my den I have made a passage through into your room and lined the walls with shelving and made it into a library. It looks fine. Have also had the floors both upstairs and down painted, good matting laid on the halls and another set of portieres put in place of those that you have. I have also planted a good deal in the garden and want to plant more this winter. The roads I have
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1914 Dec 3
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir22_0811-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 22, Image 0811
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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
