Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Mrs. Margaret Hay Lunam and daughter], 1893 Sep 16.
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:
[Mrs. Margaret Hay Lunam and daughter]
Date:
1893 Sep 16
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir07_1344-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 33 x 21.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Cunard Royal Mail Streamship "Campania"
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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:
Original in possession of Miss Margaret Lunam, Dunbar. Scotland Cunard Royal Mail Steamship Campania September 16. 1893.
To Mrs. Margaret Lunam and daughter My dear Cousins, Maggies two: L J I am now off and awa' from the auld name to the
new. from friends to friends, and I again bid you Goodbye with liveliest feelings of thanks and gratitude for the kind and
hearty way you have taken your lonely stormbeaten and long-lost, wandering cousin to your hearts and home. Among all the many
pictures and impressions made on my memory this strange, exciting summer, none are so keen or likely to be so lasting as those
of my cousins,the Hays, Gilroys, Mathers, etc., and I am turning them round and round and over and over in my mind as the
shores of the old loved country begin to fade and the broad, roaring sea begins to separate us once more. But no matter how
far I go I shall never forget you, and I hope you will now and then think of me, whether in my happy California home, bathed
In the brightest of bright sunshine, or among the clouds and storms of the northern mountains; and in this changing world,
if ever you need a helping hand, be sure to call on Your loving Cousin, John Muir. Remember me to the good old ladies
of the Villa, and say 1 remember their kindness.