Title:
Letter from John Muir to Helen [Muir Funk], 1913 Dec 23.
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 Funk]
Date:
1913 Dec 23
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir21_1089-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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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:
in margin: Remember me to the Judge Mrs Mr Funk Sen. that fine girl daughter. The fifty is for the babes. Ever Your faithful
devoted fater John Muir Home, Dec. 23, 1913. Darling Helen. The weather is cold wet here; rainy and wild at times
and I often wonder how much colder wilder it may be on your desert - a favorite race-course for storm winds - while you are
trying nest-building. Write tell me quick that in some way wild as the winds you are managing to keep the family snug warm.
Building a new house moving into it is trying enough at any time of year on a desert alternately frozen and fused with fervent
heat. I wish I could make four miracles for you, one for each of the family to get you through this trying time. All your
times seem to be trying. Anyhow I devoutly pray Heaven to send you a happy new year