Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
Transcription
02140
Port Townsend
Aug. 5, 1896
Dear Louie.
We had a pleasant voyage & I met Mr Osborn & Prof Russell on the wharf here last evening & a lot of bright students from Columbia College N.Y.
Mrs. Osborn & two of their chldren are coming on the Queen from Tacoma I feel well & may return on the Queen if I cant go West from Sitka
With much love to you all
Goodbye, ever yours
John Muir
[in margin: Abies grandis from Port Townsend picked this morning]
Hello Midge, Hello Wanda
This is a lovely cool morning & I wish you were here. Write to me to Port Townsend, Wash. & Ill get your letters when I come back.
Remember the geraniums & the squirrells.
Im sorry Im in a hurry. I had a nice cool sail up the coast but most of the passengers were sick. Much love my dear children I send you.
Your loving father
John Muir
Location
Port Townsend [Wash]
Date Original
1896 Aug 5
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 22.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1896 Aug 5." (1896). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 820.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/820
Resource Identifier
muir09_0364-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0364
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
