Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Mrs. Margaret Hay?] Lunam, 1895 Jun 24.
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
Date:
1895 Jun 24
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir08_1058-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez, California
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Original in possession of Miss Margaret Lunam, Dunbar, Scotland Martinez, California, June 24, 1895. My dear Cousin,
Mrs. Lunam: I was very glad to get your letter, and hope ere this that the summer weather has been kind to you and eased
you of your rheumatic pains. I got the paper announcing the death of the Duchess of Roxburgh, and hope your church will not
suffer thereby. It must be very pleasant to have Susan Gilroy with you. I wish she were here. Tell her she has at least one
steadfast friend across the big water and the big continent. I fairly fell in love with her when I first saw her in Dumfries,
and I suppose there can be no harm in telling it now that I am so far away. I'm glad you kindly wrote to my mother about the
death of Mr. Angus and Mr. Millar. Remember me to Mr. Melville, Mrs. Kelly, Jane Mather and all my Dunbar friends. I hope
you enjoyed my Glacier Bay article in the June Century Magazine. I am pegging away at other literary work. I shall go into
the Sierra Nevada mountains soon. We are all as usual. Love to Maggie and Susan. Ever affectionately yours, John Muir.