Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Helen [Muir]
Transcription
Hotel Metropole,
London, W.C., England,
Aug. 8, 1893.
My little darling Helen:
How good it is of Tanda and Mama and Maggie and David to tell me so much about you being well and strong. I keep looking at your picture and Wanda's and show to people that I think will say that you are sweet-looking and beautiful.
I saw a lot of funny looking, good-natured babies in Norway, and they always made me think of you. I bought some things for you in Norway and left them with David Douglas to keep until I come back from Switzerland.
I saw many grand mountains in Norway and waterfalls were pouring down and singing over the rocks almost everywhere, and I often thought how glad Holen and Wanda and Mama would be to see them and the beautiful purple heather, and so you must some day when you grow a little bigger.
Here are two bits of bonnie bloom from Windermere, and I'll send you and Wanda some more from the mountains of Switzerland. Now I'm throwing kisses to you across the sea and that I may soon get them to you, my darling, without throwing is the fond hope of your loving papa,
John Muir
[Envelope addressed Helen Muir, care Mrs. John Muir, Martinez, California, U.S.A. - contains bit of heather bloom and leaves]
697
Location
London, [England]
Date Original
1893 Aug 8
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 11.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to Helen [Muir], 1893 Aug 8." (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 971.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/971
Resource Identifier
muir07_1254-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1254
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, 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
