Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Margaret (Hay) Lunam]
Transcription
Martinez, California Oct. 15, 1897
My dear Cousin
I should have written you before. but I was away in the Rocky Mountains & Alaska. I hurried back earlier than usual & it was well I did so far our loved Mother Strentzel was very sick, & about two weeks after my return she died at the age of 76. How small our little family now seems you will know.
I am much surprised to hear of the sudden death of Mr Dick. How different from that of my motherinlaw, who was an invalid more than 40 years.
My Sister Mary is now with us. She has been here more than three months on a visit but is now about to start for her home in Nebraska. Maggie is quite poorly at times but is not now worse than
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usual. David is quite well; his two daughers from Wisconsin paid him a visit this summer. & all the rest of our family were in usual health when I last heard from them. Possibly Mrs M. & the girls may visit Scotland after Helen is a little bigger. She is now 11 years old & very bright. I'm working away with my pen but making slow progress Im writing some more forestry articles & a little book on Alaska. Did you see my articles in the August & September Century magazine & in the August Atlantic Monthly, if not I'll send copies.
Remember me to Mr Buchanan, Mrs Kelly, Susan, Cousin Matthew, & Mr Notman.
I trust this will find you & Maggie in good health & that the coming winter will be easy with you.
Ever Affectionately Your Cousin
John Muir
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Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1897 Oct 15
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Margaret (Hay) Lunam], 1897 Oct 15." (1897). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2018.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2018
Resource Identifier
muir09_1102-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 1102
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
