Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Helen [Muir]
Transcription
[letterhead]
Aug. 19 1897
My dear Helen,
I felt awfully frightened when mamma telegraphed you had the whooping cough. I wanted to go right home to you, but it said you were nearly well I wish I could get a letter from you, but Ive been moving about so much I hardly expect to receive any letters until I get back to Port Townsend which will be in about two weeks. Then I mean to start for home. We are going over to Port Townsend tomorrow morning, then out to the woods thirty miles from there to see some big trees & on the 22d we sail for Alaska.
Ive had a horrid cold whooping cough I guess by the noise I made & have been unable to do any writing though more & more orders are chasing me for letters for the papers. Today I feel better & made some notes Some day we'll all come up here & have a grand view of the mountains & streams &
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forests & gardens all so beautiful You must be very careful not to take more cold. I do hope Midge the days are not so hot now. & you must all try to cheer up Grandma who has spent so much of her life working for & cheering up others. & Maggie too. Tell Mary Im sorry the mining craze has so blocked up travel so that I could not make arrangements in time for an excursion for her. But she must just come another year when everything clears. I suppose poor mamma is tired out with anxious watching . & Wanda will now be the only strong one & mainstay of the household. Heaven bless you darling, & all of you. Give my anxious love to everybody How glad Ill be to get back
Ever Your affectionate papa
John Muir
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Location
Victoria, B. C.
Date Original
1897 Aug 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 22 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Helen [Muir], 1897 Aug 19." (1897). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2001.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2001
Resource Identifier
muir09_1046-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 1046
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
