1 Berkeley Cal June 29, 1901. Mr John Muir Martinez Dear Friend I am ashamed to write now it has been so long
since I wrote to you that I have forgoten when it was. I have a very sad peice of new to tell you and that is of the death
of Mother and Sister. I think I wrote to you about Sister suffering from heart failure she was a helpless invalid for six
months before she died She was such a lovely girl she suffered so much and seldom or never complained 02871