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
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. 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
