Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Helen [Muir]
Transcription
Portage Wis.
Monday Morning
April 18. 1892
My dear Helen – It is very lonely where I can’t see you though ever so many beautiful children are here. Sometimes I dont feel well & a touch of your little hand would make me better. It is pretty cold this morning, & no flowers or leaves are to be seen yet but I saw a robin gathering strings & bits of cloth to make a nest & that shows that spring will soon be here. I saw a very pretty blue jay in the yard this morning, far prettier than the California jay but his voice is not good. Joannas little girls are sweet How fine it would be if you & Wanda could see them. This country seems
very cold. The maple buds are just beginning to swell. Your grandma Muir is anxious to see you & Wanda, but though she is a good walkes she can not walk to California & she says she is not able to ride in the cars. I suppose Ive written a very dull letter – for I feel dull. Im so lonesome without you But pretty soon Ill see you again & feel your soft little hand. Your loving father
John Muir
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Location
Portage, Wis
Date Original
1892 Apr 18
Source
Original letter dimensions: 19.5 x 12.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Helen [Muir], 1892 Apr 18." (1892). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 157.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/157
Resource Identifier
muir07_0501-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0501
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
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
