Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Margaret Hay Lunam], 1897 Jul 1.
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:
[Margaret Hay Lunam]
Date:
1897 Jul 1
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir09_0955-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Alameda [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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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:
Martinez, California, July 1, 1897 My dear Cousin, I received a newspaper from you a day or two ago which shows you bear
me in mind. I have been hard at work all winter fighting on behalf of our forests. In a month from now I am going again into
the northern wilderness in British Columbia Alaska to study a few variable trees. Here is a notice of the honorary degree
of L L.D. conferred last commencement on me by the University of Wisconsin, which I thought might interest you Hoping you
are well also my friend Mrs Kelly. Mr Buchanen Susan Gilroy Miss Mattis etc I am ever very truly Your affectionate cousn
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