Creator
Helen Muir
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
August 11, 1896
My Dear Papa,
I wonder where you are now and if you are looking at a beautiful Iceberg are you sailing out among those pretty green islands that you told so much about.
I thought a good deal yesterday about the cool blue ice for it was awful hot here all day but this morning there were great fog banks over Benicia and a fine wind is blowing.
Mama is pretty well again so she walks with me all around the orchard and I climb the peach trees for peaches we cant reach from the ground they are just delicious now. I [as?]
I have cut two new teeth since you went away but they did not hurt me much so I feel very well again.
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They are ready to go to Martinez now so I can not write any more now
Your loving little girl
Helen Muir.
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1896 Aug 11
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Helen, "Letter from Helen Muir to [John Muir], 1896 Aug 11." (1896). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 822.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/822
Resource Identifier
muir09_0372-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0372
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
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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
