Title:
Letter from John Muir to Wife [Louie Wanda Muir], 1898 Oct 17.
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:
Wife [Louie Wanda Muir]
Date:
1898 Oct 17
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir10_0382-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 24 x 15.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Albany, N. Y.
Rights:
Copyrighted
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to publish or exhibit them, see
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
1 I leave here at 11 tonight letterhead Oct 17 1898 Dear Louie - I'm on my way to Montreal by way of Lakes George
Champlain mostly see the woods in their glorious autumnal dress. I left Boston this morning expect to be in Montreal tomorrow
return by the lakes the White Mountains. Expect to be in Boston again in about a week. Then spend a few days seeing people,
Agarriz, Mrs? Gray Wolcott Gibs Hunnewell some of Pages friends. Then go to NY. spend a few days then home, which way I dont
yet know. I am now along feel pretty lonesome after such lively company in the south. 02484 2 I meant to stop at NY
on way from Kentucky but was advised to go North soon as possible to see the woods at their best. Spent a pleasant eventful
day down the peninsula of Delaware also had fine views of Virginia. Spent two nights at Canby's fine residence in Wilmington
would have seen more of Delaware had not Sargent been taken sick then compelled to hurry home. Something like Grippe. Im quite
well. Have not had a single letter since leaving home. Expected a lot at Sargents. Surely there must be some at N.Y. It seems
years since the trip began. Love to all Maggie Helen Wanda Ever Yours lovingly John Muir