Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Helen [Muir]
Transcription
[29 Jan. 1909?]320 WEST CALIFORNIA STREETPASADENA, CALIFORNIAFriday morningDarling Helen:I mean to start home tomorrow evening. Have had a pleasant time, gained in health & spunk & feel much better from change of food exercise etc. Have seen the Calkins & arrived at amicable understanding all round. Mrs C is not yet quite well Mr C. has gone into real estate but hopes soon to sell his house, go back into the foothills & buy a patch of oranges & live in better climate, where he will be glad to help in literary work by & by. Stayed last night at Lukens Vroman took me to Los Angeles.. saw Hookers & Lummis etc.Yesterday went to Venice Rod[illegible] etc with Mrs Sellers & party enjoyed the ride of 10 miles along the ocean shore. Everybody says "settle here it will be better for both Helen & yourself" etc. I fondly hope you are gaining in health & getting ready to be able to live everywhere or anywhere. With good sound health so fine & good & great a girl as you are may do anything in this world worth doing Be monstrous careful to put on extra clothing at least change of temperature.Ever devotedly thine J M
Location
Pasadena, Calif.
Circa Date
[1909 Jan 29]
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Helen [Muir], [ca. 1909 Jan 29]." (1909). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 5673.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/5673
Resource Identifier
muir18_0113-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 18, Image 0113
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
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
