Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Katharine M.] Graydon
Transcription
[Original letter returned to Miss Katharine M. Graydon]
Martinez, July 8, '07.
Dear Miss Graydon:
Wanda has a son, Strentzel Hanna, now two weeks old, and of course the most wonderful citizen of the state - so good-natured, solemn, and wise he has been compared with Buddha. This belief has of course added fine majesty to Wanda.
We are all about as usual - the Swetts, Colemans, Reids, and our own family. David, Muir and wife, and Sister.Sarah are in Pacific Grove. Maggie is better in health than for a long time past. Helen and I have the big house to ourselves, making it difficult to leave home. Helen is growing stronger and is almost completely restored in health. So at last these long weary years of anxiety are over, and I'm trying to take up again the lines of work dropped on my return from Australia.
Your life in that charming island climate must be delightful, though clouded at times with lonesomeness. If you could only have your mother with you! How are the plans for a grand gathering of the Graydon clan prospering? I haven't heard a word from Indiana for a long time -not, I think, since the beginning of our dark days. Sorrow and trouble of their own, I suppose. Remember me to them all when you write, and write to Wanda; she will be delighted, and believe us all,
Faithfully yours,
John Muir
[Envelope addressed Miss Katharine M. Graydon, Oahu College, Honolulu, and forwarded to 52 S. Audubon Road, Irvington, Indiana].
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Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1907 Jul 8
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Katharine M.] Graydon, 1907 Jul 8." (1907). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3712.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3712
Resource Identifier
muir16_0827-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 0827
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
