Creator
Louie [Wanda] Muir
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
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Martinez, California.
Nov. 15, 1898
My dear husband
Your two letters of Nov. 6th from Osborne's came just this afternoon. 8 days from the date of the postmark, and those beautiful ferns were 11 days on the way, all owing I suppose to the tunnel fire and blockade. The ferns and moss looked pretty fresh though, so I planted them carefully in fresh leaf mold from the hill, and so perhaps they will live.
Your racing journeys both north and south are a continual surprise to us slow going folk. Only flying birds could follow you, and think that even they would be bothered over so many migrations
over
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within two months!
The only thing however that had worried us has been the danger of your traveling so near those southern fever-regions. We do hope that you will not take a fancy to go to Havana or Santiago until they have had years of fiery disinfection. Tell Prof. Sargent we are grateful for his good care of you so far, and we trust to him to keep you away from all dangerous lands.
Tell him that if he can also rescue that glorious magnolia from its present tribulation, we shall believe him one of the very best men in the world. I wonder if you have seen any of the great trees near the rivers, in full bloom.
Did you write any notes about
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Lexington Kentucky? We did not receive any, Helen is delighted, indeed we all are, that you have met Richmond Hobson under happy conditions. Your account of the dinner with Tesla has not yet come.
It would be grand if you could preach of God's Forests to President McKinley. It does seem to me to be your duty to go with Sargent and work your best at Washington Think of the beautiful woods being left with nothing mightier than Pinchot's little plan between them and destruction!
All is well here except the dust and drouth, but the sky is cloudy now. Aunt Margaret was here when your letters came, and is as well as usual. Wanda and Helen have been perfectly well all the time, and I am not so lame as I was last month.
Aunt [Elte?] has paid 2 checks for $600.00 and $750.00 and Mr. Ipswitch $500.00 Mr. George also sent more so there is plenty for taxes.
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Don't you need more money? If so, there is plenty here
Lovingly, your faithful wife
Louie Muir
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1898 Nov 15
Source
Original letter dimensions: 23 x 14.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Louie Wanda, "Letter from Louie [Wanda] Muir to [John Muir], 1898 Nov 15." (1898). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2309.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2309
Resource Identifier
muir10_0489-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0489
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
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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.
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
