Creator
Muir McKelvey
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[1]
Berkeley Cal
June 29, 1901.
Mr John Muir
Martinez
Dear Friend
I am ashamed to write now it has been so long since I wrote to you that I have forgoten when it was. I have a very sad peice of new to tell you and that is of the death of Mother and Sister. I think I wrote to you about Sister suffering from heart failure she was a helpless invalid for six months before she died She was such a lovely girl she suffered so much and seldom or never complained
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And retained her mind up to the last minuet She would take sinking spells and get so low that we would give her up but she would come out of them with a smile on her face and tell us not to be frightened as shw was not going to die She sank very rapidly after Mother died. Mother just wore herself out nursing Maud as some one was up with her night and day Father and I were home for three months taking care of Maud Mother was ready to go her only regret was that she had to leave Maud she realized that there was no hope for Sister
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She was conscious up to the very last and bid all good by. Father and myself have been staying her since the folks died but he expects to start to Arizona in a few days It has been terrible hard on Papa he just idolized Maud she was the last of three daughters and Mothers death to. I expect to go out on the Gov Giological Survey with Dr C Hart Merriam next month I received a letter from him a few days ago and answerd it he is telegraph me the fore part of next
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week if he wants me to go I was recommended by Suther Goldman the young man who was out with your party last year. I hope Dr Merriam decids to have me go and that you are one of the party nothing I would like better. If I go it will be in the capacity of cheif cook and bottle washer Dr Merriam wanted to know if I could bake good camp bread. I hope this will find you and your family all well I am feeling pretty well working [illegible] every day. Well I will close ever [in margin: 927]
Ever your Friend
Muir McKelvey
#2907 Fulton St
Berkeley
Location
Berkeley, Calif.
Date Original
1901 Jun 29
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 13 cm.
Recommended Citation
McKelvey, Muir, "Letter from Muir McKelvey to John Muir, 1901 Jun 29." (1901). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4429.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4429
Resource Identifier
muir11_0745-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0745
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
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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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
