Creator
Annie L. Muir
Recipient
John Muir
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[2]it would only give him pain--But, Thank God, it is all made plain 'now and I am hartily glad & thankful.You will never know what a relief the $50 which reached me last Tuesday from David, gave me. The taxes ($30) were due. That is to say, a fine would have been imposed if not paid within four days more and I had only $10, and was needing a cord of wood out of that. I am all right now, and was able to let Joanna have $5 more to keep her along till she gets more from Walter or until we hear from Scotland.Walter still writes encouragingly about his new business. & Joanna keeps up good courage[3]We, of the Baptist Church are in great tribulations for our new church building, which we had, with a great effort, been able to reconstruct out of the Old Presbyterian One, was on Saturday the 9th burned up. and is now a mass of ruins. I don't say burned down for the walls still stand they being remarkably strong & thick. And the rafters are still there & some or the roof but the sky can be seen through it.The flames licked the interior clean. And the poor people who sawed & hammered and dug sand & made many sacrifices to build it are now without a Church House. Mr. Fawcett preached in the Opera House yesterday to
Location
Portage, Wisc.
Date Original
1897-01-11T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir09_0617-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0617
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
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.
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
