Creator
[Louie Strentzel Muir]
Recipient
Annie [L. Muir]
Transcription
Martinez, Cal.,
October 12, 1888.
Dear Annie, [Muir]
I am just utterly ashamed of my failure to write to you, especially since Wanda also has forgotten all her letters, about literally so -- but we both hope to succeed by means of greater comfort hereafter, and so in time, win your best forgiveness. We are all quite well again, and tolerably reasonable, though Baby is confirmed in the habit of having her own way, and tries to imitate "monkey climbing" as high as Wanda, so I am always uneasy of mind for fear of broken limbs or heads!
I suppose that mother wrote you how fretful and miserable Helen was for a long time. She was wonderfully comforted though when her "own dear Papa came home aden to stay a long time with Baby."
John is much better than before the Oregon journey, but just now he is awfully busy and wofully tired. The rush of work and the fervid heat of glowing sunshine have united to make this the most formidable week of the season, both in the long vineyard rows, and in the same old kitchen wherein aged Ah-Voy has presided in dignified state much of the time. Three or four "first class cook, no washee clo' no washee wall, 7 dollah one week!" have disturbed our peace of mind for some hours and then left chaos around the stove, and 8 hired men have complained of queer cookery!! Need I explain more? I think you "heep savy".
[Louie Muir]
[Letter unfinished, evidently only a copy]
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1888 oct 12
Source
Original letter dimensions: 41 x 12.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Louie Strentzel, "Letter from [Louie Strentzel Muir] to Annie [L. Muir], 1888 oct 12." (1888). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1790.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1790
Resource Identifier
muir05_1186-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 1186
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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
