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
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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
