Creator
Helen [Muir]
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
Daggett, Cal. May 22 - 08
Dear Papa
This is a beautiful warm morning & both Wanda & I feel fine & cheerful. Last evening Wanda took her first horseback ride & felt well after it so she is going to take a short slow ride every day, & get back her strength. She feels better already though she has only been on the desert a few days. It is so good to have her here. She cannot learn to be absolutely care-free & content with living in a simple desert way, as I have happily learned, but I think she will come near to it before she
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leaves me, & she is just resting & trying to gain strength. We drive some too, so I can show her my desert & she enjoys the coloring & the bigness of it all.
Though it has been very windy the last few days, it is warm - 80° & 90° so my side hasnt pained me any since Wanda came. I have a fine ambitious appetite right along.
Mr Van Dyke went to San Bernardino for a few days, on No. 3 yesterday, & Mary & Dick are boarding at Mrs Funk's just now. Hay making goes on & all are busy.
How are you? Dont shut youself up in the old house & starve on tea & sardines too long. Im glad to hear that the little book is coming on. And how is poor Hetch Hetchy?
I must go now, & write again tomorrow.
Always lovingly yours
Helen
Location
Daggett, Calif.
Date Original
1908 May 22
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 27 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Helen, "Letter from Helen [Muir] to [John Muir], 1908 May 22." (1908). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5427.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5427
Resource Identifier
muir17_0595-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 0595
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
