Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Margaret Hay Lunam]
Transcription
Martinez Oct. 13, 1905
My dear Cousin,
We all thank you for your kind sympathy in our bereavement, which came so suddenly on us. Up to her last day my noble wife was not aware of the hopelessness of recovery, nor indeed were any of us though warned by the doctors a month before. She suffered but little pain; was cheerful, & at last simply fell asleep.
I am still very anxious about Helen. Twice after gaining almost perfect health she brought on inflamation of the left lung by careless over-exertion, riding 30 or 40 miles on horseback a day getting drenched in thunderstorms etc. She had her last relapse about four weeks ago - was in bed 10 days,
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but is now apparently about as well as ever once more & we hope this last dreadful lesson will make her cautiously careful hereafter. I had to come to the desolate home here for a few days on business. I go back to Adamana, Arizona, where Wanda & Helen are, tomorrow.
I suppose Helen will have to remain in Arizona for a year or more, with Wanda & I to watch her. We are glad to hear that you & Maggie are so well after your return to Dunbar. Our Maggie & Sarah & David & indeed all the family as far as I know are about as usual. Sarah is now living at Santa Cruz with her daughter Anna & is better than for a long time. Remember me to Maggie, Susan Gilroy Jane Mather & other friends & you.
Know I am ever affectionately your Cousin John Muir
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1905-10-13 0:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 22 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Margaret Hay Lunam], 1905 Oct 13." (1905). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3436.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3436
Resource Identifier
muir15_0807-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 15, Image 0807
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
