Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Dan[iel H. Muir]
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2be suffering from gout, toothache rheumatism spinal meningitis etc & calling for the doctor. I have not had a line from you lo these many years, not even on business. Let me know how our account stands. John Reid has been trying to borrow two or three thousand dollars more this year to pay on that unlucky land of his & Sarah’s, & some others of the family are I fear in need of assistance also. I suppose you have heard of the death of Dr Strentzel my fatherinlaw. I have now to manage two large ranches, besides settling the estate as administrator & silence. Ever cordially your brother John Muir[in margin: doing some literary work & therefore am s[illegible]ly busy. Now break that]
Location
Martinez, [Calif]
Date Original
1891 Jan 13
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir07_0021-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0021
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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.
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
