Creator

John Muir

Creator

[John Muir]

Recipient

[Annie] Wanda & Helen [Muir]

Transcription

[in margin: 794]

01615

[1893?]

[letterhead]

Wednesday

Dear Wanda & Helen -

Tell mamma & grandma that Mr Keith & I will be up home with you Saturday night. I hope dear Wanda your knee is better & that it soon will be quite well, so that your feet may again twinkle merrily & fast like little Elfie's. Helen be sure to get your drawings ready, for Mr Keith is anxious to see them, & have your dolls properly dressed, If you are willing to give your old dolls to Joe I'll buy you some

[in margin: Good night my darlings Good night.]

new ones. Perhaps he would like the one that says mamma so plaintively But perhaps this would be too doleful a doll for the gloomy adobe in December after listening to the sweet canary in the kitchen. I dont know what to think about it, but you & Wanda may decide the matter & do as you choose I suppose both my babies are asleep for it is half past ten - but I must write a few more pages before I go to bed. Tell grandma that the easy chairs in the clubrooms have six legs each instead of four

[in margin: Good night my darlings Good night.]

new ones. Perhaps he would like the one that says mamma so plaintively But perhaps this would be too doleful a doll for the gloomy adobe in December after listening to the sweet canary in the kitchen. I dont know what to think about it, but you & Wanda may decide the matter & do as you choose I suppose both my babies are asleep for it is half past ten - but I must write a few more pages before I go to bed. Tell grandma that the easy chairs in the clubrooms have six legs each instead of four

Location

University Club, San Francisco, [Calif]

Source

Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir07_1464-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 07, Image 1464

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.

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

Pages

2 pages

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