Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Louie Strentzel Muir]
Transcription
[letterhead] San Francisco Wednesday [May 4]11, oclock 1881
My beloved wife. We sail in an hour I saw the Captain a few minutes ago & all hope of delay to allow me to see you once more is past. But never mind dear all seems sure & true & righteous as to the trip I am making & I feel sure that I shall return to you better than I go – better in every way. I have been losing all appetite during the last few months & am now as nearly fleshless as I ever was. All my friends look in my face as if wondering at its whiteness & ask if I am well. So this trip is a necessity for health if no more. I feel a little better though wearied with writing & buying. I shall send about $100 home by Mr Payot or Upham, they will visit you in a few weeks. I have just found Charley & the baggage I have laid in abundance of woolen clothing. but the polar garments we will procure from the Indians on Be[illegible]ings Straits
00993
Location
San Francisco [Calif.]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 26 x 19.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 [May 4]." (1881). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 633.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/633
Resource Identifier
muir04_0521-md-1.pdf
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0520
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
