Title:
Letter from John Muir to [J. E. Calkins], [1908 sep 15 ?].
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:
[J. E. Calkins]
Date:
[1908 sep 15 ?]
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir17_0874-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
[Martinez, Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
15 Sep 1908? days months am very glad to hear that Mrs Calkins is well again that you are snugly settled in your own home
among orange lemon groves. I would like nothing better than to be with you free from all business care except book work, I
hope I may be able to make you a long visit at least. Months months after I last saw you were spent in settling family affairs
I traded all the old ranch belonging to Helen to her sister Wanda for other property that would not require so much personal
attention. The big house five acres about it is all that Helen now owns here. Still her other property requires a good deal
of attention together with my own, my literary work is often sadly interrupted. I hope to be able to trade or sell off still
more of our load then with health good luck get something worth while off my hands before dark. With kindest regards best
wishes for you all, I am ever faithfully yours, John Muir 09216