Creator
Joanna M[uir] Brown
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
am thankful.
Please write as soon as this reaches you. Give my love to Louie and Wanda and Helen. I hope the girls will write to us as soon as they have time, I am always glad to see their letters to our girls.
With much love
Joanna M. Brown
Port Norfolk Va.
Dear brother John:
Margaret wrote me, two weeks, or more ago, that Louie was very seriously ill, and how you and the girls had been called home from Arizona. Since then we have heard nothing, but as no news is usually interpreted to mean good news, we are
greatly hoping that the worst symptoms are past and that she is now recovering.
I do hope that you will write and relieve my mind, and tell us how you are yourself and how your sweet Helen is; how I hope and pray that she and your wife may soon be restored to their usual good health.
The weather here has been excessively hot the past week but there is usually a good breeze from the water to help us bear it. I am able to get out into the hammock where I lie most of the day, so that I get my full share of God's glorious fresh air, with bird music and beauty all about, and I
Location
Port Norfolk, Va.
Circa Date
[1905]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18.5 x 27.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Brown, Joanna Muir, "Letter from Joanna M[uir] Brown to [John Muir], [ca. 1905]." (1905). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3461.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3461
Resource Identifier
muir15_0877-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 15, Image 0877
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
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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.
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
