Title:
Letter from John Muir to Helen [Muir Funk], [1912 Aug ?].
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of
the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
Helen [Muir Funk]
Date:
[1912 Aug ?]
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir20_1262-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
[Martinez, Calif.]
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
http://library.pacific.edu/ha/forms
Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Aug 1912? Darling Helen You know how the horrible trials you have been called on to endure distress me, how great was
the relief when assured at the close of your letter that the worst was over your all were on the way to hopeful health again.
Spare no expense for help in the house feel assured I'll stand by you to any extent. and if my presence is wanted telegraph
a word I'll leave everything take the first train to you. When I left you I expected to be with you again within a few weeks.
But when I got among my notebooks manuscripts began planning new volumes for the press the work seemed endless while moving
everything south seems an almost insurmountable difficulty. Nevertheless Darling all this is nothing weighed against your
welfare. Send a word I'll be with you. In any case ask Buel to send a line of a dozen words or so everyday that I may be
able to know how you are as if I were with you. God bless you darling, So prays your loving father John Muir