Creator

John Muir

Creator

John Muir

Recipient

Helen [Muir Funk]

Transcription

1911Rio de Janeiro Oct 10Darling Helen,Ive been here 3 days & leave today for Santos. Thence I go inland 4 or 5 hundred miles to look for Araucaria Braziliensis in the state of Parana Rio harbor is a glacial fiord. A glorious place I'll return to Rio from the woods thence go to Buenos Aires. Thence to Valparaiso etc.I am feeling quite well & of course fondly hope you & family are

I wish you would tell Buel to send $100 to Mrs Margaret H. Lunam, Westfield, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland.By postal order of course & tell her in the letter 1/2 is for herself the other 1/2 for the poor.Buel will charge to my acct of course. With all love DarlingJohn Muir

Location

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]

Date Original

1911 Oct 10

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir20_0673-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 20, Image 0673

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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