Title:
Letter from John Muir to Mary [Muir Hand], 1903 Apr 3.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
John Muir National Historic Site. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to
publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
Mary [Muir Hand]
Date:
1903 Apr 3
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir13_0385-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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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:
Martinez, April 3, 1903. Dear Sister Mary:- I am glad to hear from you once more. We all know that naturally you and Joanna
lived closer to Sister Anna than the rest of us, and you the nearest. But we have much as a family to be thankful for. Few
families as old as ours is are so whole. I leave home for Yosemite with the President May 14th and on the 18th, without returning
home, start for Boston by the Santa Fe; and as I should be in Boston by May 23d or 24th, of course I can't stop off anywhere.
Therefore I will say Good bye to you all and Heaven bless you. David will attend to matters connected with (settling up
Anna's estate. Affectionately your brother illegible