Creator

John Muir

Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[Annie] Wanda [Muir]

Transcription

01679

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[letterhead]

New York, June 14, 1893

10.20 A.M.

My dear Wanda. When I got back from Boston yesterday morning, I made haste to the Century Rooms to see if any letters had come from home & I was very glad to find one from you, a good long one telling just what I wanted to know, that you were all well. And you told so many things about Elfie jumping on your lap & then running to play with Helen, & about Hefners dogs, & the cherries, & the weather & visits to the old place, & Aunt Maggie I got a good view of you all at home as if I had been there myself, And this shows your letter was a very good one. I’m glad you are learning to sing, for everything in the world sings in some way or other. Even the mosquitoes along the hedge, & the sand

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Location

…New York

Date Original

1893 Jun 14

Source

Original letter dimensions: 23 x 14.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir07_1068-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 07, Image 1068

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.

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

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