Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
Helen [Muir]
Transcription
Darling Helen.
Sep.10/08 On way to city.[1908]
I got home from grand Klameth outing Monday eve. My! What a time I had so kind & hearty & full of work, I dictated over a thousand pages of M.S. mostly a hard rough confused mass judging by what I have examined in type-written copy Most is still in short hand & will be typed & forwarded to me from N.Y.
The Harrimans invited me to go on with thorn to Arden but business here & work would not allow such luxury & indulgence.Do you need money - fruit, anything? Let me know, & do you want me to visit you. I ought to get a lot of M.S. in some sort of order so I might carry it with me & work it into permanent shape wherever I may have to go. I hardly like the plan of wintering in the old home, but moving to Pasadena or Redlands seems a formidable job Wanda babe are well - so is Maggie & all the Alhambra families in general.
The weather here is blazing hot & thick with smoke, dust& mosquitoes, the latter the worst ever. The Colemans are all aboard for the circus. The Harrimans are anxious to have you with them next camp & at Arden, & when I told of your wonderful.R.R. knowledge & accomplishments Mr. H. said he would have to give you an official position of some sort.
I'm so glad you are keeping ahead toward sound health.Remember me to the Vans & Funks. I have delivered the Mayo deed & will settle up the business. The Valejo Junction patch of coast land is sold for a 1000, 1/2 thine.
Ever lovingly devotedly your
Father
Location
[place unknown]
Date Original
1908 Sep 10
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to Helen [Muir], 1908 Sep 10." (1908). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5516.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5516
Resource Identifier
muir17_0863-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 17, Image 0863
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
Copyrighted
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Pages
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
