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.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to [Annie] Wanda & Helen [Muir], [1893?]." (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1026.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1026
Resource Identifier
muir07_1464-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1464
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.
Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. 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
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
