Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Muir]
Transcription
[1]
[letterhead]
May 29th 1899
Dear Louie
We arrived here yesterday fournoon & expected to join the train this afternoon But a telegram from the train tells us that we will not leave for Seattle until tomorrow evening, the train arrives here early tomorrow morning
In the meantime we are getting a fine rest at Portland Hotel. Charlie Keeler is capital company & a good fellow everyway Im going to try now that the rain ceased to find someone that can tell me about the Rainier Park
I guess our party will be large Here are some clippings which tell little yet may interest you. I [dont?] want to give you eternal
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[2]
[letterhead]
trouble about fire, still I keep myself somewhat [illegible] about my MS.S.
Everything points to a good instructive time.
It seems that Mr Harriman's sole aim is to take scientists when they most wish to go & nowadays are the most inaccessible places.
Heaven bless you all I'll probably be able to give you some points on our route to which letters may be addressed
Ever Thine
John Muir
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Location
Portland, Ore.
Date Original
1899 May 29
Source
Original letter dimensions: 24 x 15 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Louie [Muir], 1899 May 29." (1899). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2403.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2403
Resource Identifier
muir10_0811-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0811
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
