Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Wanda and Helen [Muir]
Transcription
New York Sep. 26, 1893
Dear Wanda & Helen
I was very glad to get your letters yesterday. They were both very interesting and well written. Tell Mama that I got her telegram yesterday (Monday) but Grandmas I got Saturday. If Mr Gilder gets back to New York tomorrow then Mr Johnson and I will go to Washington about the forests but I don’t want to go alone. This is the only thing that keeps me in New York. I mean to stay a day or two at Chicago, & with mother, then my dears I’m coming straight home, declining all other invitations.
I got some clothes made in Edinburgh just before I left, & while trying them on I stood between two mirrors & saw the back of my head for the first time. Then I noticed a spot nearly bald & though perhaps I would have to wear a wig some day & you would all b e talking about it Her e is what I thought you would be saying I hope it will amuse you a little while you are waiting for me to appear
Location
New York
Date Original
1893 Sep 26
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 13 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Wanda and Helen Muir, 1893 Sep 26" (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4856.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4856
Resource Identifier
muir00_129-let
File Identifier
MSS 301 Shone
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. 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
