Title:
Letter from John Muir to Helen [Muir Funk], 1914 Oct 16.
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:
1914 Oct 16
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir22_0720-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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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:
Oct 16, 1914 Darling Helen: Let me know when you want more grapes or quinces: I hope the plants arrived in good order. You
must give them lots of water shelter from sand blasts, I could not find a single rooted Banksia or Cherokee, but Wanda thinks
they might grow from cuttings. The rooted yellow roses are sure to do well. Wanda was astonished at the might of baby Buel-
said Strentzel did not weight as much at ten months. Ever your devoted father friend John Muir