Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
Transcription
[1] Vladivostock Aug. 19. 1903
Dear Louie After many short stops here & there we are at last on the Pacific having crossed the whole vast breadth of Asia & now you don't seem so dreadfully far. We arrived yesterday morning very tired & dirty, having slept in our clothes the last 8 nights & the heat has been trying 80 to 90° in the cars. & miserable uneatable food at the stations most of the. Here it is delightfully cool - but the food is very poor. I'm resting today while the Sargents are out botanizing. I suppose we will be here a few days longer. Then Sargent wants to the A[illegible] for a day or two, thence back to
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Harbin, thence to Mukden & thence to Peking which will require 8 or 10 days more of rail riding of most wearisome sort, but wit views of wonderful regions their rocks scenery flora people etc by way of compensation. I had made up my mind to leave the Sargents here & go to Japan Shanghai, etc as I long for the cool sea But Sargent advises very strongly against my going off alone & raises all sorts of objections, difficulty of arranging money matters etc. promises not to stay but a day or two in Pekin or hot dirty Mukden (suggestive [name?])
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So I suppose Ill go on with him as far as Pekin or Shanghai - where I hope to hear from you once more. The whole trip has been exceedingly interesting for more so than anything I had read leads one to expect. And now dear wife & babies Heaven bless you How glad Ill be to get home
Love to all. John Muir
Location
Vladivostok [Russia]
Date Original
1903 Aug 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 27 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1903 Aug 19." (1903). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2690.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2690
Resource Identifier
muir13_0788-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 13, Image 0788
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
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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.
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
