Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mary [Muir Hand]
Transcription
Martinez, May 31, 1897.
Dear Sister Mary.
Im glad to hear you got your money safely. I have not yet heard from the Portage three but expect to tomorrow then all will be served but Dan's whose address I was not sure of, & his draft will go in a day or two. Then a big job will be off my hands. I think you should write a note of thanks to Charles Notman Esq Dunbar, Scotland, for the highly satisfactory manner in which he settled the Trust, & requesting him to convey your thanks to the Trustees for their long good & faithful services, You might also send a pound or two to Trustee Buchanan who is minister of Grandfathers old Kirk. only if you feel like it But send nothing to Comb He is overpaid already. The lawyer Mr. Notman is also paid, but Mr Buchanan not a penny
Of course the trustees have no right to any compensation, but I thought a few dollars to the old church would be a good way to show satisfaction etc. So much for business, & now come on out & see some paintings & some trees hills, the ocean & some scenery not quite so much on the pancake pattern as fair Nebraska & not quite so sand blasty. Fares to the Christian Endeavor Convention will be low & no great inroad will be made on your little pile. Louie & the children say "Tell her to bring Helen." Your young! old schoolmate Miss Thayer is here also Davids daughter Carrie, & his Annie is coming soon. It will prolong & enrich your life & you must just come. Thats certain.
Im pegging away at literature Have the grippe or bronchitis, I have headache & am stupid. So goodnight
Ever your loving brother John Muir
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1897 May 31
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Mary [Muir Hand], 1897 May 31." (1897). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2249.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2249
Resource Identifier
muir09_0889-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0889
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
John Muir National Historic Site. 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
