Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
Transcription
Swett's, Friday night
12 o'clock [1889]
Dear Louie:
I have been looking every day for a letter about the children and have not yet heard a word. As for myself there is nothing to say only this Shasta work. Mr. Swett promised this morning to call and tell you that I could not get done in time to get home this week. I have just finished the 77th page. Have worked very hard all day and nearly all night. This is only the 3d day, as Monday was spent at Dewings. The article is going to be very long. Have not been once out of the house since I entered it on Monday, nor will I go till the Shasta is done. Captain Rodgers wants me to dine with him, and I mean to try to call at Bentons and at Moores before returning, Emily [Swett] is sick abed, Mrs. Swain nursing her and Mrs. Tracey.
Tell Hu to prune the peach orchard hill, beginning at the top where the weeds are tall. For Heaven's sake keep the children, and Heaven keep us all. Now must try to sleep - head hot and weary, but writing well and fast.
Ever yours,
JOHN MUIR
Will telegraph when to meet me.
718
Location
Swett's [San Francisco, Calif]
Circa Date
[1889]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 33 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Louie [Strentzel Muir], [1889?]." (1889). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1876.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1876
Resource Identifier
muir06_0331-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0331
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, 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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
