Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Margaret [Hay Lunam]
Transcription
Martinez, May 13, 1906
Dear Cousin Margaret.
I was very glad to get your letter the other day with tidings of your welfare especially of your own & Maggies health. The great earthquake did us little damage, a thousand dollars or so in the way of shattered chimnies & plaster. In San Francisco mostly by fire the devastation & los is beyond measure Nevertheless in a few years the city will rise again though the losses of thousands of poor labor people will be felt all there lifetime.
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David & Sarah have settled permanently in Pacific Grove. Sarah is with her daughter Ann & David has built a house there He was tired of farming & is enjoying life by the sea, fishing & going to church, etc.
Maggie is about as usual The earthquake did not frighten her in the least though the house was severely shaken. She is now living in our house Wanda & Helen are in Arizona, I came home a week ago to look after things but will return soon.
Remember me to the Hays. Jane Mather Susan Gilroy & friends in general. Ever faithfully & lovingly your cousin John Muir
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Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1906 May 13
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Margaret [Hay Lunam], 1906 May 13." (1906). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3525.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3525
Resource Identifier
muir16_0229-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 0229
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
