Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Muir]
Transcription
00942
5 1880 Departure Bay, a few miles from Nanaimo, Aug 5 9, A.M. — —
Dear Louie We are coaling here & what a rumble they are making. The shores here are very imposing A beveled bluff topped with giant cedar spruce & fir & maple cypress with varying green Here & there a small Mad[illegible] too, wh here is near its northern limit We went ashore last eve at Nanaimo for a stroll Magee & I, & we happened to meet Mr Morrison A man that I knew in Fort Wrangle who told me particulars of the sad Indian war in which [Toiyette?] was killed He was present & gave very graphic descriptions. We sailed here at daylight this
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morning & will probably get away the Captin tells me about eleven oclock & then no halt until we reach Wrangle, which is distant from here about 60 hours. I hardly know my lassie what Ive been writing nothing I fear but very small odds & ends & yet there may at least keep you from wearying for an hour & the letters poor though they be shall yet tell my love & that will redeem them I mail this here, the other two were mailed in Victoria. My next from Wrangle. Heaven bless you my love
& mother & father I trust that you are caring for yourself & as all by keeping cheery & strong & avoiding the bad practice of the stair-dance. Once more my love farewell. I must close in haste Farewell — Ever your affectionate husband John Muir.
Location
Departure Bay, A few miles from Nanaimo
Date Original
1880 Aug 5
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Louie [Muir], 1880 Aug 5." (1880). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 574.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/574
Resource Identifier
muir04_0276-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0275
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.
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
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
