Creator
Helen [Muir]
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
[1]Daggett, Cal. Mar. 19 -Dear Papa -This is another warm morning, with the birds singing. I have been busy in my little new garden. Dick has fixed the ditch so I can turn the water in and run it clear around the house and easily water all the plants. Ive done only the very easiest work, just putting the plants in the ground and watering them, and it dont tire me a bit. Its fine healthy work for me. Im feeling fine. Mrs Funk sweeps my shanty. I drink lots of milk, all thro' the day, and a pint of new milk just before I go to bed.The fine purple iris blossom you sent with the the plants was fresh and beautiful when I took it out. It kept pretty, in water, for two days after.04113 [2]When is Wanda thinking of coming to see me?The ranch looks fine and green now. And the cottonwoods are out in full leaf. It has been 85° in the north shade every afternoon for a week now.Yesterday I saw Mr Tuttle, the division Superintendent, who is now at Needles. He used to be [Train?]master at Fresno. It was he who gave us permision to ride on the engine down from Stockton that time. He asked very kindly for you and wished to be rememebred and said if we ever "wanted anything" to let him know.I have been thinking that the double Cherokee rose would probably grow here. I want to try it anyway, it would make a rose bower of my shanty if I could just get it started. Please send me a root. Also two honeysuckle roots.04113 [3]I didnt think of them before, but I feel sure I can make them grow if I take good care of them.My little kitty is growing, and feels jolly, plays all over the shanty. All the Van Dykes are well and busy.Good-bye for today. I hope to get a letter from you this afternoon.Always lovinglyHelen04113
Location
Daggett, Calif.
Circa Date
[1908] Mar 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Helen, "Letter from Helen [Muir] to [John Muir], [1908 ?] Mar 19." (1908). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5328.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5328
Resource Identifier
muir17_0345-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 0345
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
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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
