Creator

Margaret Rae Lunam

Recipient

[John Muir]

Transcription

[4]How is your dear Helen & when do you hope to have her at home with you, how are Professor & Mrs. Kellog have you seen them this yearMother joins me in kindest loveYours AffectyMargaret Rae Lunam[1]WestfieldDunbarNovr 11th 1909Dear CousinIt seems a very long time since we heard from you but we heard from your sister Mrs Galloway that you were well & going about this summer then our "Local" told us04630 [2]that you had been in the Yosemite Valley with President Taft Our Minister Mr Borland who had got a loan of your 'Mountains of California" I enjoyed it much, asked it for a friend a Revd Dr Paul parish minister of the Grange Edinburgh who sent it back to him with the enclosed[3]letter I thought it might interest you to see this letter (dont send it back). I saw Paul had been lecturing on Botany at Ty[illegible] [home?] the other week, Mother is well but very feeble but was able to get out in her chair in the Summer but it is too cold for that now

Location

Dunbar [Scotland]

Date Original

1909 Nov 11

Source

Original letter dimensions: 16 x 20 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir18_0885-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 18, Image 0885

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

Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

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.

Pages

2 pages

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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