Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
Helen [Muir Funk]
Transcription
Feb. 21, 1913
Darling Helen.
The sooner it seems to me that you get back to the desert the better. These Los Angeles sea fogs cannot be good for you. In the meantime you must have loss work & more quiet rest undisturbed by the children, at whatever cost. The children should sleep entirely separate from you, either with Buel or a servant. No matter how they cry for their mother the children will quickly yield to the inevitable. Better that they cry now for a few nights, then cry for years should you give your Life for them & make us a11 go crying to our graves. Go to your doctor for advice & tell me what he says. Better that Buel leaves or loses his business than lose you. I would have been with you ere this had I not known I would make more work for you.
Now darling be warned to take care of yourself ere it is too late. Write just a Line every day or two days at most to your devoted father & best lover.
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Date Original
1913 Feb 21
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to Helen [Muir Funk], 1913 Feb 21." (1913). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3918.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3918
Resource Identifier
muir21_0157-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 0157
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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
