Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Theodore P.] Lukens
Transcription
he approves P. attenuata for our San Gabriel Mts.
Martinez, Feb 15, 1898
My dear Mr. Lukens
We are very sorry to hear that dear Lottie has caught Scarlet Fever. It is a dreadful disease & we can sympathize with you & the poor child, for Wanda was nearly [last?] in it. We hope & pray fondly that she will be [spared?] to [us?] all.
Helen received the little book she sent & has been waiting for me to go to the city for a book for Lottie. But I have been completely absorbed & made stupid by writing. Your letter came this afternoon just as I completed a long article on the Yellowstone. It will be published in the Atlantic. Now I'm going to begin on the Yosemite Park. & then the Sequoia Park. P. tuberculata on account of saving its seeds can hold its ground on any hillslope however liable to be swept by fire after it is once established. It would be just the tree for the San Gabriel.
[Lemons?] articles have fine photographs but too many names & talks about names.
Fondly hoping the blessed child will soon recover.
I am ever faithfully yours
John Muir
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1898 Feb 15
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1898 Feb 15." (1898). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2067.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2067
Resource Identifier
muir10_0089-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0089
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Huntington Library, Muir Family Papers, HM 57349-57497. 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