Creator

John Muir

Creator

[John Muir]

Recipient

Helen [Muir]

Transcription

[letterhead]El Portal, California May 21909Darling Helen.We are now on our way down from Yosemite. Left the Valley this afternoon. Will be home tomorrow eve when I hope to hear from you that all is well at Daggett. Mr Burroughs, Mr Brown & the Doctor & Mr. Ashley enjoyed their short visit very much The weather was delightful & the falls almost in full bloom. [Sam?] Galen Clark, who is now in his ninety fifth year & is still a good stout walkers We all walked about 12 miles yesterday - up to the Vernal & Nevada falls - all the party was tired except myself. I felt exhilarated & refreshed O the charm of the mountains Ever your devoted father- Wish you could have been with us

Location

El Portal, Calif.

Date Original

1909 May 2

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir18_0418-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 18, Image 0418

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

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