Creator
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[in margin: What had better be done about the $500 that Mr. Borland wants][4]letter from McDowell Johnstone. It might be well to call & see him if you can find time. Lydia Hall & Johnnie Swett called this morning and persuaded me to subscribe for Holder’s New Magazine. I suppose Mr. Keith will want you to celebrate his birthday with him Saturday. Helen says that she ought to be there too! She is afraid that she cannot draw a picture good enough to send him, but she will try to find a box of grapes. Joseph is ready to go to Mar. so good bye. Write as soon as you know when you can come home. Lovingly, Louie[1]Martinez, CaliforniaNov. 19, 1891.My dear John,Your letter came last evening, and we are glad you are so comfortable at the University Club: but we are a doleful family here just now. Grandma’s eye improves but slowly, and she frets about many things, especially about Wanda’s lame knee which is more stiff and painful today, so we have kept the child in bed, swathed in warm flannels. Helen is very well, but scolding a little because she also
Location
Martinez, California
Date Original
1891 Nov 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir07_0363-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 0363
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
