Title:
Letter from [John Muir] to Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1889 Jul 6.
Creator:
[John Muir]
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
Date:
1889 Jul 6
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir06_0124-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 24 x 15 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Grand Hotel, San Francisco, Cal
Rights:
Copyrighted
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
2 letterhead I saw Keith at noon today he showed me a lovely picture that he painted for me instead of that Irwin one.
He made an entirely new picture instead of patching the old one. Im pegging away getting ahead slowly. On my 22d page ought
to have 40 ere this. Miss my babes. Tell them to write - write yourself There was a long interview report of Johnsons on Yosemite
matters in last Sundays Examiner well written must I think have been contributed by some nonsnake man. Love to all Good
night 10-30 P.M. more writing to do. 01343 letterhead July 6th 1889 O Dear Louie here is more of those snakes whirled
whizzed like a wheel big as my thigh head like my fist all of them you see better bigger than John Muirs. And when O when
is that fatal interview to end. how many more idiotic articles are to grow out of it. Muirs Strange Story Elephants bones
are sticking in the Yukon river says geologist John Muir Behring Straits may? be bridged because Behring Sea is shallow Oh
Oh if the Examiner would only examine its logic Anyhow I shall take fine cautious care that the critter will not Examine me
again 01343