Creator

John Muir

Creator

[John Muir]

Recipient

Joanna [Muir Brown]

Transcription

May 6th [1903]

Dr. Joanna:-

I hope your health is improving with the spring weather. After great hurry in getting necessary w[illegible]k. off my hands I am getting my odds and ends of clothing, instruments etc. I have to take with me on my long trip, and will be off in a few days. We sail on the Gaelic May 29th.
I am writing this line just to bid you

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good bye and pray Heaven's blessing on you all.

Affectionately your brother

May 6th

good bye Mary: In a few days I leave home for Yosemite and then east on the fastest train to Boston and N. Y. Our ship The Gaelic sails May 29th.
Heaven bless you all.

Affectionately your brother

Location

[Martinez, Calif.]

Circa Date

[1903] May 6

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20 x 12.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir13_0490-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 13, Image 0490

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

2 pages

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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