Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Helen & Wanda [Muir]
Transcription
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[letterhead]
Sydney
March 30 1904
Darling, Helen & Wanda. You seem nearer now for though still far my face is now turned homeward.
It is about 9 o'clock & at noon we sail. I'll see a little of the palmy balmy tropic isles, Manila & perhaps Gannett is he has not gone home.
I've collected big lots of New Zealand & Australian plants. My
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last botanical trip was nearly 3000 miles long - from here to Queensland where the grand wild forests of Araucaria are - the Bidwelli & Cunninghamii - But I must not begin mentioning species or there will be no end. I always thought of you & Mamma when I was gathering ferns & mosses in fresh dewy woods.
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you always came to mind also when I saw snowy mountains & floods of crystal water. My - how glad I'll be to get home & find you all well & happy I hope little Dorothy is strong & blooming now as well as Mirriam.
Keenie I hope will know me & give me a hearty greeting But poor Tom will not be there to meet me I am quite well & weigh 148 pounds!!
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Don't tell the Coleman wives & mothers that I mentioned cat & dog on the same page with their babies.
Good bye dears for a month or two. The Siberia which leaves Hong Kong April 30th is due in San Francisco about the 28th of May On this ship the Empire I go no farther than Hong Kong. The rest of the way by the Siberia,
Ever your affectionate father John Muir
Darlings God bless you
Location
Sydney [Australia]
Date Original
1904 Mar 30
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 23 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Helen & Wanda [Muir], 1904 Mar 30." (1904). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2765.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2765
Resource Identifier
muir14_0122-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 14, Image 0122
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
