Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1908 Sep 15.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
The Huntington Library, Muir Family Papers, HM 57349-57497. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of
the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[Theodore P.] Lukens
Date:
1908 Sep 15
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir17_0876-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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
his visit with Mr. Harriman. also trip with Sierra Club he wrote Stickeen at Harrimans at my request. Martinez, Sep. 15,
1908. he thanks me for finding Van Dykes for his Helen. It saved her life My dear Mr Lukens, I got home a few days ago
from a long visit with my friend Harriman at Pelican Bay in the Klamath country. have had a fine reviving time also have got
some writing done up there. I also spent a month with the Sierra Club in the Kern Canon country, made a short excursion to
Yosemite I also rewrote Stickeen enlarged it somewhat. The Houghton Mifflin Company is going to bring it out as a little book
early next spring Helen is getting on bravely toward sound health with the Van Dykes on the desert, the place you found for
her for this kindness many others we are ever devoutly yours. Let me hear how you are Give my love to your wife sister believe
my faithfully your friend John Muir in margin: My Kindest regards to Your Helen The grandchildren. Especially Lottie.