Title:
Letter from John Muir to Wanda [Muir Hanna], 1912 Feb 2.
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:
Wanda [Muir Hanna]
Date:
1912 Feb 2
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir20_0810-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 22.5 x 29 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Near Zanzibar [E. Africa]
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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:
lake region, return to Mombasa, thence sail for home via Suez, Naples, New York. I suppose I'll have to stop a while in N.
Y. to read book proof but I should be in Martinez in May. Anyhow have letter with the home news awaiting my arrival in N.
Y. c/o The Century Company Union Square New York City Remember me to boys Tom the valley neighbors friends especially the
Reids Swetts Colemans Will Muir. Ever devotedly Your father John Muir letterhead On board the steamer Windhuk near
Zanzibar Africa Feb. 2, 1912 Dear Wanda, Ive had no home news since leaving S. America, but my long trip on two hot
continents is nearing a close, I'm looking homeward fondly hoping to find you well, after your illness reported by Helen.
I'm now sailing up the East coast from Beira to Mombasa, after a wonderful trip from Capetown to the Zambesi Baobab forests
Victoria Falls. From Mombasa I intend making a short trip to the Nyanza 05151