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
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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
1 page
