Creator
Helen [Muir]
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
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Daggett, Cal.
April 24th
Dear Papa -
Your good letter of the 22d came yesterday - I had been thinking of your 70th birthday but couldn't remember just the day. And the home flowers reached the desert as fresh and sweet and dear as though I had gathered them in my own little yard here. The roses are glorious. Mary has a big bunch of them in her house, and all of Mrs Funk's extra pitchers and vases all full of flowers,
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while my little shanty is a regular bower of roses. When I woke in the night I could smell Sweet Brier. I have hung a branch of Libocendrus just above my ever-beautiful Yosemite picture where it looks at home. The whole shanty is sweet. I only wish you could have seen how happy that box of flowers made me.
All goes well here. I am as happy as ever and feel about sixteen. The weather is turning warm again and
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is fine and clear today. My kitty is well and lively, he has learned to catch the big deer mice that come out at night.
I must go now, to get this off on No. 3. Dont starve yourself while working on Stickeen. How are the Hal Colemans?
Always yours
Helen
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Location
Daggett, Calif.
Circa Date
[1908] Apr 24
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 12.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Helen, "Letter from Helen [Muir] to [John Muir], [1908 ?] Apr 24." (1908). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5371.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5371
Resource Identifier
muir17_0457-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 0457
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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
