Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Wanda & Helen [Muir]
Transcription
[3]
cliffs. Heaven bless & keep you my darlings. When you go back to school don't study too hard Nothing you can learn there is worth your health Remember me to your companions & the Crockers.
Ever your affectionate father John Muir
Write to me often Care of Baring Brothers London. England
[1]
May 25, 1903
My darlings Wanda & Helen. I hope you are having a delightful time gathering health & knowledge & love of the beautiful world of our Father I told you in a letter from Merced how grand a time I had with the President camping out every night in perfect
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solitude. He is the most interesting man I ever had in the mountains He has kindly given me four personal letters to our ambassadors, military & naval officers etc [requesting?] them to and [Sargent?] & me in every way possible. So our ways are made smooth as far as the President can make them.
I arrived in Boston the 23, we sail on the 29th. Hope to see Harriman, Johnson, Gilder & Robin Hood.
How beautiful Hetch Hetchy must be. Take no risks of dangerous fords or crumbling
Location
[Boston, Mass.]
Date Original
1903 May 25
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16 x 24.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Wanda & Helen [Muir], 1903 May 25." (1903). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2643.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2643
Resource Identifier
muir13_0570-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 13, Image 0570
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
