Creator

John Muir

Creator

[John Muir]

Recipient

Helen [Muir]

Transcription

02109

[2]

Wing-on-Wing

June 21, 1896

Darling Helen.

I was very glad to get your little letter yesterday with Wanda's, for they showed me home like looking through a window.
This place is Called Wing-on-wing because one wing after another was added from year to yaer.


[3]

Mama & Grandma & take ever so much to yourself
The weather in New York is dreadful.
Goodbye dear

from ever affectionate father.


[2]

my room is overshadowed by a fine large tulip tree & this morning a half dozen squirrels were dancing & singing & capering on it.
Ill soon know how long it will be ere I see you then I'll be glad Give my love to

Location

Wing-on-Wing [New York]

Date Original

1896 Jun 21

Source

Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir09_0242-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 09, Image 0242

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/find/holt-atherton-special-collections/fees-and-forms-.html

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

2 pages

Keywords

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

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