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Letter From [John Muir] To Helen [Muir], 1896 Jul 3., John Muir Jul 1896

Letter From [John Muir] To Helen [Muir], 1896 Jul 3., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

July 3d 1896

My dear little Helen,

I have enjoyed your sweet bright illustrated letters ever & ever so much,both the words & the pictures made me see everything at home as if I was there myself The peaches & the purring pussies & the blue heron flying about & all the people working & walking about & talking & guessing on the weather.
So many things have happened since I left home & I have seen so many people & places & have travelled so fast & far I have lost the measure of time & it seems …

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Letter From Helen Muir To [John Muir], 1896 Jun 29., Helen Muir Jun 1896

Letter From Helen Muir To [John Muir], 1896 Jun 29., Helen Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinz, California June 21.

1896.

My Dear Papa,

I have taken my first lesson on the violin at last and am very glad that I have. Max Plum could not teach me before because his little baby was sick
Fannie went home yesterday. they will start for the mountains by the first of July. It is very warm here today and there is no wind.
Captain Bielawski came this morning and will go on the 4 oclock train, he seems to be quite well, but he looks very old and bent over.

09240

This is Sunday Are you haveing a …

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Letter From John Muir To Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1896 Jun 28., John Muir Jun 1896

Letter From John Muir To Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1896 Jun 28., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

02113

Portage, Wisconsin

June 28 1896.

Dear Louie.

On Friday at noon we laid our blessed mothers remains in the kind ground. In the coffin she seemed to be in calm sleep beautiful as an as an angel. The day was lovely & all the last sad rites could not have been concluded under better auspices All that was wanting was the presence of Marjorie & David which circumstances prevented.

Joanna Sarah & Annie

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are all but broken down with watching & anxiety especially Sarah.
Mother seemed to suffer scarce at all. Natural weary sleep gradually deepened into …

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Letter From William R. Thayer To John Muir, 1896 Jun 27., William R. Thayer Jun 1896

Letter From William R. Thayer To John Muir, 1896 Jun 27., William R. Thayer

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

June 27, 1896

My Dear Sir:

It is our custom to print sketches of the recipient of honorary derees each year: and, to ensure accuracy, we ask these gentlemen to furnish the necessary biographical data. I shall be much obliged, therefore, if you will send as soon as possible an account of yourself, covering, among other points (1) date and place of birth; (2) education; (3) profession or occupation; (4) publications; (5) degrees or titles received, etc.

02112

I take pleasure in mailing to you a copy of the magazine in which the last year's sketches will give you …

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Letter From [Ig. Kolassa] To Mrs. Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1896 Jun 25, Ig Kolassa Jun 1896

Letter From [Ig. Kolassa] To Mrs. Muir [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1896 Jun 25, Ig Kolassa

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

San Francisco, June 25th 96 Mrs Strentzel-Muir Martinez Dear Madame: The offer of $20 so kindly given us by Cpt. Biclauski in your name, we have received + in the name of our Society. I tender your hereby the most heartfelt thanks for your generosity and + great interest, you are kind enough take in our society. [Ig.] Kolassa Secretary of the Polish Society of California

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Letter From Louie Strentzel Muir To [John Muir], 1896 Jun 25., Louie Strentzel Muir Jun 1896

Letter From Louie Strentzel Muir To [John Muir], 1896 Jun 25., Louie Strentzel Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]

I suppose you will have to stay awhile with your sisters to settle up their affairs. As Celia is at home perhaps Sarah and Annie will remain in the same house.
How strange and sad and lonesome everything will seem to you all without the beloved Mother. But oh how much cause for thankfulness there is that kind Fate led you home in time for that last happy visit with her, a blessed week to be remembered all your life.
Though so far away, our heartfelt prayers will be with you and our dear sisters through the weary hours …

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Letter From David [Muir] To Sarah [Muir Galloway], 1896 Jun 23., David Muir Jun 1896

Letter From David [Muir] To Sarah [Muir Galloway], 1896 Jun 23., David Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[in margin: David on Mothers Death]

Martinez Cal June 23/96

Dear Sister Sarah & all the others

Daniel's telegram which informed us that dear Mother had left us, reached us at ten last eve, Arthur Coleman happened to be in town late & kindly brought it out to us. I spent most of this forenoon with Maggie. I was afraid that she might worry herself sick, but I was glad to find that she was quiet & resigned & was calm when I left her. Aunt Louie, Wanda & Helen were also with her, showering her with kindness. We realized …

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Letter From [John Muir] To Helen [Muir], 1896 Jun 21., John Muir Jun 1896

Letter From [John Muir] To Helen [Muir], 1896 Jun 21., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

02109

[2]

Wing-on-Wing

June 21, 1896

Darling Helen.

I was very glad to get your little letter yesterday with Wanda's, for they showed me home like looking through a window.
This place is Called Wing-on-wing because one wing after another was added from year to yaer.


[3]

Mama & Grandma & take ever so much to yourself
The weather in New York is dreadful.
Goodbye dear

from ever affectionate father.


[2]

my room is overshadowed by a fine large tulip tree & this morning a half dozen squirrels were dancing & singing & capering on it.
Ill soon know how …

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Letter From [John Muir] To [Annie] Wanda [Muir], 1896 Jun 21., John Muir Jun 1896

Letter From [John Muir] To [Annie] Wanda [Muir], 1896 Jun 21., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

02110

[1]

The Osborne Home on the Hudson, Sunday

June 21, 1896

My dear Wanda.

Mr Johnson & I came up here last evening from New York & the change from deadly hot & dust to lovely woods & gardens & cool streams is deligthful. Few homes could be more perfectly delicious in summery & snowy linen. And I am glad of the rest to get ready for the Harvard day next Wednesday




[3]

I got your letter dated Jun 11, yesterday. forwarded from Portage & was very glad to get the news.
Very many flattering invitations are coming in …

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Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir], 1896 Jun 19., John Muir Jun 1896

Letter From John Muir To Helen [Muir], 1896 Jun 19., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

02108

[1]

New York

June 19, 1896

My own dear Helen

Oh Midge I'm awfully solemnly lonely & homesick to see you. It seems more than a year since I left home, so rumbled & tumbled was the time on the railroad & so hot & chokey & smoky & dusty, & then besides there was so much bumping & noise all night I couldnt sleep. But I had a good rest last night & feel better this morning. & I hope to hear that mother continues to get better & that you & Wanda & Mama & grandma …

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Letter From Annie L. Muir To Emma [Muir], 1896 Jun 18., Annie L. Muir Jun 1896

Letter From Annie L. Muir To Emma [Muir], 1896 Jun 18., Annie L. Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[in margin: From aunts about Grandmother Muir illness]

Portage, Wis. June 18. 96

Dear Emma.

I write to you hoping that the Doctor is on his way to Portage by this time, as I have just sent him a telegram with the advance that his money matters will be taken care of as Mother's case is most critical and we want him here at any cost; as he might save her to us a few years when no one else can.
Sometimes she seems a little better and, in a few hours all looks discouraging.
She ask for "Dan" repeatedly, …

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Letter From W. H. Trout To John Muir, 1896 Jun 17., William H. Trout Jun 1896

Letter From W. H. Trout To John Muir, 1896 Jun 17., William H. Trout

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Offices of the E.P Allies Co.

Milwaukee Wis June 17

1896

Prof. John Muir

Portage City Wis

Dear Friend

From the Wisconsin of last evening I learn that you are enjoying a visit at your old home in Portage I feel much like intruding upon it and certainly would if it was practicable Since I cannot well go to to see you I would feel greatly obliged if you would make me a visit or at least a call on your return which I take for granted will be through this city
Mrs T is at present in Canada but …

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Letter From John Muir To Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1896 Jun 17., John Muir Jun 1896

Letter From John Muir To Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1896 Jun 17., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

02107

Portage Jun 17. 96

Dear Louie.

Mother continues to hold the gain she made aftter her first prostrating attack--eats--pretty well & suffers only at time from shortness of breath but is still very wek & we are far from confident that she will even be able to walk the streets again through we hope she may. If she is gaining from day to day it is so little as to be scarce appreceable
We telegraphed for Dan but he could not come for want of money to buy a ticket! I sent it yesterday & we expect him tomorrow …

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Letter From John Muir To [Louie Strentzel] Muir , 1896 Jun 16., John Muir Jun 1896

Letter From John Muir To [Louie Strentzel] Muir , 1896 Jun 16., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Form No. 108.

THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

--INCORPORATED--
21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD.

This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message.
Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty …

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Letter From John Howitt To John Muir, 1896 Jun 16., John Howitt Jun 1896

Letter From John Howitt To John Muir, 1896 Jun 16., John Howitt

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

02105

219 Grand Ave

Waukesha Wis

June 16 1896

Prof J Muir.

Dear Friend,

By the evening Wisconin I see you are visiting your mothers at Portage so I hasten to invite you to Waukesha I would be so happy to see you. If you let me know when you could come I would sure to be home You will recollect my room swere just across the hall at the University. Will it be possible for me to have a visit from you. I hasten to mail this

Your friend

John Howitt

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Letter From Mary M[Errill] Graydon To John Muir, 1896 Jun 14., Mary Merrill Graydon Jun 1896

Letter From Mary M[Errill] Graydon To John Muir, 1896 Jun 14., Mary Merrill Graydon

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

288 Central Ave., [Indianapolis],
June 14th, '96.

My dear Mr. Muir:

You wrote Kate a note before leaving Martinez, which she did not receive for a week as she boards in Berkeley, not Oakland. Please remember that, on your return, as she expects a message from you then which will bring her right up. She, poor girl, was left lamenting - she did not see you.
As you go or as you come you must make us a visit. Don't pass us by again. Your charming notes do not take the place of a visit: We must see you to …

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Letter From John Muir To Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1896 Jun 12., John Muir Jun 1896

Letter From John Muir To Louie [Strentzel Muir], 1896 Jun 12., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

02101

[1]

Portage, June 12. 1896

Dear Louie

Your telegram arrived a few moments after I had sent one to you telling that mother was better. But she is still very weak & unable to sit up. She eats well however & we hope that as the weather is fine she will gradually recover a little strength & remain with us another year. We are by no means sanguine however. For it is very hard at her advanced age to gain what vital force is once lost. A few days will show whether there is to be loss or gain. …

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Letter From John Muir To [Louie Strentzel] Muir , [1896] Jun 12., John Muir Jun 1896

Letter From John Muir To [Louie Strentzel] Muir , [1896] Jun 12., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Form No. 168.

THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

-INCORPORATED-21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD.

This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable or errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days …

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Letter From Louie [Strentzel] Muir To [John Muir], 1896 Jun 12., Louie Strentzel Muir Jun 1896

Letter From Louie [Strentzel] Muir To [John Muir], 1896 Jun 12., Louie Strentzel Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, California,
June 12, 1896.

My dear husband,

Your telegram this morning that Mother was better was a great relief to the anxiety we have felt since sister Annie's letter came. We knew how it would help Margaret to know the good news, so the children and I went immediately over to tell her, and we staid quite a while walking about the garden, and she soon began to look better. I hope she will be able to rest tonight. I have sent Ah Tin with a note to David. I have not seen him, but I suppose he wrote …

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Letter From John Muir To [Annie] Wanda & Helen [Muir], 1896 Jun 11., John Muir Jun 1896

Letter From John Muir To [Annie] Wanda & Helen [Muir], 1896 Jun 11., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

02098

Portage Wisconsin

June 11, 1896.

Dear Wanda & Helen.

This is a charming summer day. So many trees, - Oaks Elms Maples,_ are planted in Portage it looks like a forest & the sun beams are pouring through the gree & uellow leaves & the birds are singing. It is all delightful. I saw two scarlet tanagers this morning red as illegible] fire, & more robins than I could count getting breakfast on a mulberry tree before the door They are tame because they are not disturbed by cats or dogs or guns. Four robins on the lawn were …

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Letter From [John Muir] To Louie [Strentzel Muir] , 1896 Jun 11., John Muir Jun 1896

Letter From [John Muir] To Louie [Strentzel Muir] , 1896 Jun 11., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

02099

Portage, June 11, 1896

Dear Louie

I got here yesterday at 2 o'clock P.M.
When I was within two 2 hrs of Kearney I telegraphed ahead to Mary & she & Willis & all the children met me at the station. The train stopped on 2 or 3 minutes & I had barely time to rush out & drag Mary & Helen aboard before Willis could say boo.
We found Mother very sick & low & Sarah & Annie said God has sent you But this morning mother is much better & ate a good breakfast & asked me …

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Letter From John Muir To [Louie Strentzel Muir] , 1896 Jun 10., John Muir Jun 1896

Letter From John Muir To [Louie Strentzel Muir] , 1896 Jun 10., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Form No. 168.

THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

-INCORPORATED-

21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD.

This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message, Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself in transmission or delivery of Un repeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls paid thereon, nor many case where the claim is not presented in writing within Sixty days after the message is …

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Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1896 Jun 3 ., John Muir Jun 1896

Letter From John Muir To [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1896 Jun 3 ., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Special

49

Martinez, June 3. 1896

My dear Johnson.

I telegraphed you Monday that I would be with you about June 20 to receive the Harvard baptism you have prepared for me. Heavens, what an honor for a tramp & how it surprises & escites me. You must have done an appalling lot of work to bring this about_
Now more than ever I must sing "my love for Harvard. From the very beginning of my studies it was Harvard men who first hailed & cheered me? Emerson Agasaiz Gray. & now Sargent Eliot & R. U. J. Century even …

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Letter From John Muir To Helen & [Annie] Wanda [Muir], [Ca. 1896 Jun]., John Muir Jun 1896

Letter From John Muir To Helen & [Annie] Wanda [Muir], [Ca. 1896 Jun]., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[June 1896]

Monday morning, 7:30

My dear Helen and Wanda: and all of you:

This is a lovely calm morning, and the mountains, with their snow and gardens are charming, and recall grand days long ago when I gathered lilies here.
I have just eaten a big breakfast. Ham. Beefsteak, eggs, flap-cakes, etc., and I slept pretty well on the horrid palace car. I'm a little tired talking-for everybody makes me talk. I hope you are not too lonesome, and that the cats are well cared for, and that you will not forget the planting of the geraniums.
I am …

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Letter From C[Harles] S. Sargent To John Muir, 1896 May 30., Charles Sprague Sargent May 1896

Letter From C[Harles] S. Sargent To John Muir, 1896 May 30., Charles Sprague Sargent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

ARNOLD ARBORETUM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

Jamaica Plain, Mass., May 30, 1896

My dear Mr. Muir:

I return to you with many thanks the communications you have been good enough to send me in reference to the Big Trees.
Engelmann, in The Botany of California, speaks of the fruit of Sequoia as maturing the second year. This I should think must be a mistake, as there is nothing to show on any of my specimens that it does not ripen the first autumn. If I am wrong about this,I wish you would send me a line by return post that I may …

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Letter From T[Heodore] P. Lukens To John Muir, 1896 May 28., Theodore P. Lukens May 1896

Letter From T[Heodore] P. Lukens To John Muir, 1896 May 28., Theodore P. Lukens

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Pasadena, Cal., May 28th, 1896.

John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.

My Dear Mr. Muir:-

I returned last evening from the mountains, and I find your letter of May 4th, which Mrs. Lukens tells me she has answered, or complied with your request. I hope it was clear and satisfactory. Of course you have the privilege of doing anything you like with any of my pictures, and when you part with any of them, if you will let me know the subjects, I will print you duplicates and send you, and it will be a great pleasure for me to do this. …

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1896 May 27., Robert Underwood Johnson May 1896

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1896 May 27., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

EDITORIAL-DEPARTMENT
THE CENTURY-MAGAZINE
UNION SQUARE NEW YORK

R. W. GILDER, EDITOR.

R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.

C. C. BUEL,
ASSISTANT EDITOR.

May 27th, 1896.

Mrs. John Muir,
Martinez, Cal.

Dear Mrs. Muir:

I have just received your note of the firstof May. What a long time it has been coming!I telegraphed you the other day that the Harvardmatter was all right, as I am informed by Professor Sargent,and he urged me to make sure that Mr. Muir would come, ashis presence to receive the degree is a condition of itsconferment. If it were necessary to urge, I should urge him …

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Letter From A.H. Sellers To John Muir, 1896 May 18., A. H. Sellers May 1896

Letter From A.H. Sellers To John Muir, 1896 May 18., A. H. Sellers

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

May 18. 1896

My dear Mr Muir.

I have not answered your kind letter of the 27'ult before, because I I have been trying to figure out how one of us could accept your kind invitation to visit Alaska with you but can't.
This Company is assignee of a lot of busted concerns and Frank as trust officer has to attend to such business and as that business is larger these times than usual it is impossible for him to get away. General business is so poor that I am compelled to stay and watch & nurse it.
The …

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Letter From Unidentified To Mr. Johnson, 1896 May 17, Unidentified May 1896

Letter From Unidentified To Mr. Johnson, 1896 May 17, Unidentified

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

May 17th, 1896, to Mr. Johnson Martinez, California Dear Mr. Johnson, Your telegram the other day was a pleasant surprise and your letter inviting Mr. Muir eastward has also added another to the long list of kind deeds for which I want to say I thank you to Underwood.

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Letter From John Muir To [John Bidwell], 1896 May 7., John Muir May 1896

Letter From John Muir To [John Bidwell], 1896 May 7., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Bidwell Papers

Bancroft Library

Martinez, May. 7, 1896.

My dear General.

I sent on your statement to Sargent cutting it down a little, & he has received it & says in reply. "The information about General Bidwell & his crossing the Sierra I will certainly refer to in the Silva".
The election of another president is drawing nigh & I hope & trust the hard crushing times of the last years will soon pass away & that you & everybody will speedily be better off.
Remember me to your noble wife. How many charming memories of the Shasta & Chico …

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