Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Helen [Muir]
Transcription
Port Townsend, Wash., Aug. 22, 1897.
My darling Helen:
I wish you and Wanda and Mary could be with me to see the grand mountains and glaciers. The little Tawny must he getting very wise and smart, and the kitty crop of the rose bushes must be fine this year. You must enjoy the sweetwater grapes. I have not seen any up here, but plenty of green, sour muscats, and Bartlett pears.
Wanda must look most solemnly imposing in goggly glasses, but if it cures her headaches the goggling must not count and we'll soon get used to it. I did not get Mary's Banff letter, but will write to have it forwarded.
Now, Midge, don't get lonesome. I'm coming right home as soon as I can. I'm glad you enjoyed the Century account of the trip to Alaska, and you will enjoy the trip itself some of these days.
Give my love to Grandma and everybody. I sent you lots of letters and you must have got them ere this.
Your loving papa,
John Muir
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Location
Port Townsend, Wash.
Date Original
1897 Aug 22
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Helen [Muir], 1897 Aug 22." (1897). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2002.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2002
Resource Identifier
muir09_1050-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 1050
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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