Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Annie Kennedy] Bidwell, 1881 Mar 29.
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:
[Annie Kennedy] Bidwell
Date:
1881 Mar 29
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir04_0471-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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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:
stamped at top: Bidwell Papers Bancroft Library Martinez, March 29, 1881. Dear Mrs Bidwell, Bloom time has come and
a bloom baby has come and never since the Glacial Period or Baby Period began on earth were happier people How beautiful the
world is and how beautiful is the time of the coming of our darling. We are five now. four steadfast old lovers around one
little love. She is four days old or four years I scarce remember which. You must come see. Every truly your friend. John
Muir. stamped at top: Bidwell Papers Bancroft Library on envelope: Mrs General Bidwell, Chico, California.