Creator
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[in margin: What had better be done about the $500 that Mr. Borland wants]
[4]
letter from McDowell Johnstone. It might be well to call & see him if you can find time. Lydia Hall & Johnnie Swett called this morning and persuaded me to subscribe for Holder’s New Magazine. I suppose Mr. Keith will want you to celebrate his birthday with him Saturday. Helen says that she ought to be there too! She is afraid that she cannot draw a picture good enough to send him, but she will try to find a box of grapes. Joseph is ready to go to Mar. so good bye. Write as soon as you know when you can come home.
Lovingly, Louie
[1]
Martinez, California
Nov. 19, 1891.
My dear John,
Your letter came last evening, and we are glad you are so comfortable at the University Club: but we are a doleful family here just now. Grandma’s eye improves but slowly, and she frets about many things, especially about Wanda’s lame knee which is more stiff and painful today, so we have kept the child in bed, swathed in warm flannels. Helen is very well, but scolding a little because she also
[2]
must stay in the house today on account of the cold cold wind. A cold drizzling rain commenced at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon and lasted all night, making a great pattering and clattering on the tin roof, but yet not wholly conquering the dust. Coleman brought over some men & gathered many Ferraras to pack to day. We went to see Aunt Margaret yesterday and she is much better. Miss Graydon is still very anxious about her brother who is dangerously sick with Typhoid Fever
[3]
Her father has reached Whatcom, Washington, does not like so much rain there, and wants to come on to California so the poor girl has more than enough care on her mind. Dorville Libby wrote again, wanting to come here Wednesday, that is yesterday but Grandma being sick, I telegraphed him that you were away, & that you would call to see him, so please do not forget. He is in room 1, the Flood Building. There are some grapes left if they want to come up next Sunday or Monday. There is also a friendly
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Location
Martinez, California
Date Original
1891 Nov 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Louie Strentzel, "Letter from Louie [Strentzel Muir] to John Muir, 1891 Nov 19." (1891). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 126.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/126
Resource Identifier
muir07_0363-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0363
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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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.
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
