Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
Transcription
[4]
I'm anxious to learn how your mother is. She seemed to be so hopeless & sad when I bade her goodbye. Tell her to be of good cheer Trust in Gods love & fear nothing.
Ever Yours
John Muir
[1]
[letterhead]
Aug. 11, 1897
Dear Louie.
I arrived here at daybreak this morning The train was delayed by rush of travel etc. & what with want of sleep & continual talking I fell rather tired. We have just returned from a delightful ride & walk from Lake Louise to Lake Agnes though grand woods of spruce & pine & a species of larch I had before seen. Canby is as bright
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[2]
& cheerful as ever & a most indefatigable collector of plants. Sargent can now walk pretty well & he does not limp.
I telegraphed to Port Townsend to find out whither we can get berths on any of the steamers for both Canby & Sargent seem determined to go if they can comfortably about the 17th or 20th
A gentleman & wife who have just returned from Alaska say that the crowd was so great there was no pleasure in it.
[3]
We came down from Banff to Laggan this morning & will stay here at the lake until the day after tomorrow then we will perhaps stay a day or two at Donald & other points I think that if you write as soon as you receive this to Victoria I would get it before going to Alaska,
Later Port Townsend to be held till called for.
Ill telegraph later after I know definitely what we are going to do.
Location
Banff, Alberta
Date Original
1897 Aug 11
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 26 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1897 Aug 11." (1897). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2287.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2287
Resource Identifier
muir09_1016-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 1016
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
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Owning Institution
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Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
2 pages