Creator

John Muir

Creator

John Muir

Recipient

Louie [Strentzel Muir]

Transcription

[letterhead]

Wednesday 8th, 1887

Saw Lunn. I spent an hour with _ Dr & Mrs Parry last evening. They will come with me next Saturday evening to the ranch. leaving here by the afternoon train 3.30 Please send Harry to meet us at the station with the carriage The Parrys are going to stay in S.F. all summer probably I received this letter on Sunday as I was leaving Tell Annie that her name was in the SF papers as a terrible daring driver or something so Parry was letting me

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am trying to get hold of the woods & rocks but make slow process_ Emily is sick & the cook has left & the kitchen stove smokes & you can guess etc

Send Baker & [Payot?] a box of cherrries each_ also one to J. Dewing 420 Bush St_ Also one to Emily Swelt_ When convenient No hurry about any of them.

Tell the babies Ill be back on Saturday & will bring them something or other [waffle?].

Ever Yrs John Muir



Location

San Francisco, [Calif]

Circa Date

1887 [Jun] 8

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 13.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir05_0834-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 05, Image 0834

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html

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

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