Creator

John Muir

Recipient

Sarah [Muir Galloway] and David [Galloway]

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[2] and as I had not a watch i set to work and made a clock to keep time untill I had an opportunity of getting my other one from Madison It cost about two hours work and kept time by water poping in a fine jet through a three cent piece I have a big wheel set on the [illegible] which tells the different classes when and how long to recite and a machine too for making me a fire in the morning at any hour I please So that when I go to the old log schoolhouse these cold biting mornings I find every thing warmed and a good fire I sometimes think of a "fixin" to box the boys ears for at first the cry of "He don't half whip" came loud and angrily from all parts of my parish And indeed I did think it an awful 00285[3] thing to skelp the little chaps [illegible] though so many did give proofs so rich abundance at times of being mischief to the end of the toes my voice would shape for hours after each hazel applications but now they cause precious little agitation of comp[illegible] of [soul?] My scholars however nearly all man to believe themselves they are neither good nor bad certainly not such children as Pollock speaks of so good and guileless as to seem as "made entire of beams of angels eyes" Sarah how would you like to have a new home every five or six days I often wish I could come home among you all a day or two but bye [illegible] you told Mrs Parkins that you was coming down some day I hope you will

Location

[Oak Hall, Wisc.]

Date Original

[1862 Feb 9]

Source

Original letter dimensions: 19.5 x 23.5 cm

Resource Identifier

muir01_0337-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 01, Image 0337

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

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