Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[James] Hay
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[2]men & women, the greatest good of the summer to me is the acquaintance I made of my cousins at Dunbar Dumfries & Birkenhead. You have become part of my life now & I feel rich & am proud of you all. I was about two weeks at New York seeing literary folk & giving some directions about two articles on Alaska that the Century Co are about to publish. Then I went to the capital, Washington to see if I could do anything for our forests by confining with the government officials. Thence I went to Chicago - saw friends there & more of the [big?] show. Then made a special trip to Portage to see mother & my three sisters[3]Anna, Joanna, & Sarah, & you may guess how long & eager our talks concerning Kith & Kin & Scotland were. I found them all well. Mothers memory on everything scotch is as keen as ever, & she asked me many questions that I could not answer satisfactorily about the younger relatives. I gave her one of the photographs of yourself which interested her much of course & she seemed to remember you all. I wish you could all come out here in grand triumphal company. Mr James & Hardy, Mrs James & Hardy, Mrs John Mrs Jeffrey the unconscionable [illegible] Miss Robinson Wee Paggie the boys Mrs & Maggie Lunam Susan Gilroy & Jane Mather Then surely our Contra Costa hills would break forth into singing
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1893 Nov 18
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21 x 26.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir07_1415-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1415
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
