Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Katharine M.] Graydon, 1907 Jul 8.
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:
[Katharine M.] Graydon
Date:
1907 Jul 8
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir16_0828-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Original letter returned to Miss Katharine M. Graydon Martinez, July 8, '07. Dear Miss Graydon: Wanda has a son, Strentzel
Hanna, now two weeks old, and of course the most wonderful citizen of the state - so good-natured, solemn, and wise he has
been compared with Buddha. This belief has of course added fine majesty to Wanda. We are all about as usual - the Swetts,
Colemans, Reids, and our own family. David, Muir and wife, and Sister.Sarah are in Pacific Grove. Maggie is better in health
than for a long time past. Helen and I have the big house to ourselves, making it difficult to leave home. Helen is growing
stronger and is almost completely restored in health. So at last these long weary years of anxiety are over, and I'm trying
to take up again the lines of work dropped on my return from Australia. Your life in that charming island climate must be
delightful, though clouded at times with lonesomeness. If you could only have your mother with you How are the plans for a
grand gathering of the Graydon clan prospering? I haven't heard a word from Indiana for a long time -not, I think, since the
beginning of our dark days. Sorrow and trouble of their own, I suppose. Remember me to them all when you write, and write
to Wanda; she will be delighted, and believe us all, Faithfully yours, John Muir Envelope addressed Miss Katharine M.
Graydon, Oahu College, Honolulu, and forwarded to 52 S. Audubon Road, Irvington, Indiana . 03890