Title:
Letter from John Muir to Helen [Muir Funk], 1910 Mar 30.
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:
1910 Mar 30
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir19_0292-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Los Angeles
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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:
Los Angeles, Cal., March 30, 1910 Darling Helen:- I left San Francisco only a week ago last Saturday, with Professor Osborn
and family, going direct to the Yosemite Valley. We stayed only about two days in Yosemite andarrived here in time for the
Hooker luncheon. This luncheon was followed by a dinner at the Raymond with Mr. Carnegie and his family. Then I had to call
at Mr. Sellers and pay a visit to Mrs. Sage, but my principal object in coming down here was to get some typewriting done
on the FirstSummer in the Sierra. This illegible is all over now and with a good000 typewriter am hard at work. I ventured
to bringdown only about one third of the book. This will be finished very soon, and then I want to make haste back home to
get the rest of the manuscript and have it finished. Then I will make haste to pay you and illegible a visit. I have had
a pretty bad cold and this, together with much exciting visiting and work, made me unfit for Daggett, so I think you must
wait a little longer. I thought after you got married a week or two between letters or visits would not seem to be as long
as years. All was well when I left home. Am glad you enjoy your blunt nose beetle. With love and good wishes to all I am
as ever, Your devoted father, illegible