Creator
Louie [Strentzel] Muir
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[4]
known all over California so I hope his statement will have some little effect. It seems to me that if you could go with Mr. Johnson to Washington City now and talk to many Members of Congress especially our own Senator Perkins that you might work wonders with them for the forests. I shall write again tomorrow my eyes are tired now
Lovingly Yours
Louie Muir
[in margin: 878]
01733
[1]
Martinez, California
Sept. 21, 1893.
Dear John,
We hope that you will be safe and well in New York when this letter reaches there. O how the children and I have longed to be able to go and meet you on the way, but we do not dare to make the attempt to travel so far, although Helen is perfectly well, and as bright & playful as a bird. Europe has seemed
[2]
to the children so far far away! and they say they will not fret after you come near enough so the telephone will bring messages from you. I have not been able to read or write for the past three weeks, I was so miserable with Neuralgia owing to the unsettled weather & cold winds, that my eyes were almost useless, & the nervous trembling of my left eye came back again, but I am comfortable now, for the wind has ceased to blow
[3]
during 3 day, & the warm sunshine is balmy as in Springtime. We hope now for a month of golden autumn weather & no rain. Not many grapes were injured by the rain & we are sending them off fast as possible. This morning I was moving some of the unread newspapers, & found the clippings inclosed, Mr. Webster is Father's old friend who used to have a lovely home in East Oakland, & well
Location
Martinez, California
Date Original
1893 Sep 21
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 23 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, Louie Strentzel, "Letter from Louie [Strentzel] Muir to John Muir, 1893 Sep 21." (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 997.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/997
Resource Identifier
muir07_1351-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1351
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
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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
