Creator
Louie Strentzel Muir
Recipient
Helen Swett
Transcription
Oct. 24. 1881. Dear Mrs. Muir. I thank you for very much for those grapes you sent me. I never saw such pretty grapes in my life as your grapes. I am glad Mr. Muir is home safe. I hope your baby is well and laughing now. Mr. [Mims] gave our baby a gold and silver cup sunday and it [had] on it Where the Baby sits is the head of the board. Grandma Francis is not much better she only sits up while the nurse makes her bed. Papa has bought a ranch down near the Wrights station. The Farm I have made up a piece lately and this is it. Yonder is the water. Yonder is the bay. Yonder is the field where the [men] make hay. Yonder is the barn yard where the chickens cluck all day. Yonder is the stable where the horses eat hay. Yonder is the garden which looks quite gay. Your true friend Helen Swelt
Location
Unidentified
Date Original
1881-10-24
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Swett, Helen, "Letter from Helen Swett to Mrs. Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 Oct 24" (1881). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6716.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6716
Resource Identifier
1881 Oct 24 Helen Swett to Mrs Muir
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections/fees-and-forms-
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
