Title:
Letter from John Muir to Helen [Muir], 1909 Jun 17.
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:
Helen [Muir]
Date:
1909 Jun 17
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir18_0547-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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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:
Home June 17, 1909 Darling Helen, The cherries I sent yesterday are from your own trees. They were very fine but on account
of a break in the Franklin tunnel they were 2 days old before they left here. There were about 150 lbs beside what birds boys
devoured. About 50 lbs went to the city to swell your last account (which now by the way is in Bank about 15000. drawing interest.)
50 lbs were used in a grand dinner I gave yesterday or day before to nine notables, John Burroughs Miss Barns, Mrs Ashley.
Mr Mrs Hart, Mr Mrs Finct, Charlie Keeler, Mrs Symonds, one more, name forgotten About 1/2 came by auto from Berkeley the
others by rail. The tunnel's all right again. It's dark, cold, cloudy today - was the same yesterday. Had another auto load
of visitors from Berkeley last Sunday, Mrs Vroman, Miss Vrorman, Mr Pierce, Mr Colby his two boys. Bertha is still gaining
strength. the babies are flourishing the boy is named for me so is Wanda's so there will be no lack of Muirs of one sort or
other. I'm pegging away at old notes getting them ready for use? Stickeen is selling well making his mark Lovingly your
father John Muir