Creator

John Muir

Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[Annie] Wanda & Helen [Muir]

Transcription

02098

Portage Wisconsin

June 11, 1896.

Dear Wanda & Helen.

This is a charming summer day. So many trees, - Oaks Elms Maples,_ are planted in Portage it looks like a forest & the sun beams are pouring through the gree & uellow leaves & the birds are singing. It is all delightful. I saw two scarlet tanagers this morning red as illegible] fire, & more robins than I could count getting breakfast on a mulberry tree before the door They are tame because they are not disturbed by cats or dogs or guns. Four robins on the lawn were within 5 steps of my feet as I sat on the veranda. The tanagers are so red I think they would frighten California cats. It is just noon, & bells & whistles are making a jangling noise riduculously big for so

little a town. Joanna's babies are growing fast & I think you would like them. I gave them money to buy candy & told them to be sure to eat it all & they marched down town right merrilly.
Helen, Marys girl is just about Your age, Helen & is very bright You would both like her also. She is a [great?] fence & post climber, for there are no trees to climb in Kearney. I hope you are not neglecting your lessons nor the garden. & that you are careful in carrying candles. I hope to write you another letter soon when I am not so dull as now The cats no doubt are well - Have you got a dog yet?

Ever Your father

John Muir

Location

Portage, Wisconsin

Date Original

1896 Jun 11

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20 x 13 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir09_0184-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 09, Image 0184

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/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

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