Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Helen & [Annie] Wanda [Muir]
Transcription
[June 1896]
Monday morning, 7:30
My dear Helen and Wanda: and all of you:
This is a lovely calm morning, and the mountains, with their snow and gardens are charming, and recall grand days long ago when I gathered lilies here.
I have just eaten a big breakfast. Ham. Beefsteak, eggs, flap-cakes, etc., and I slept pretty well on the horrid palace car. I'm a little tired talking-for everybody makes me talk. I hope you are not too lonesome, and that the cats are well cared for, and that you will not forget the planting of the geraniums.
I am going straight to Chicago, and then to mother. Will reach Chicago Wednesday morning at 7:45. It seems more than a month since I kissed you good-bye. You must write me a letter, care of Mother at Portage, for I will be wearying to see the words your dear little nana has written; and Wanda and mamma must write, too.
My train is going to start soon. I must go. Goodbye, dear. You must all see these lovely mountains. How white their tops are, with sunbeams pouring over them.
Your affectionate papa,
John Muir.
Location
[place unknown]
Circa Date
[1896 Jun]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Helen & [Annie] Wanda [Muir], [ca. 1896 Jun]." (1896). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 791.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/791
Resource Identifier
muir09_0268-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0268
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
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, 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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
