Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Charles Notman
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02171Martinez, Cal U.S.A. Nov 1, 1896Chas Notman EsqMy dear SirYrs of Oct 16 with purchase in favor of our grandfathers trusteescame duly to hand & day I telegraphed to my Sister Anne asking her whether she had received the 25 pounds interest on the RR shares due last August & in reply received the same day she said that she had received the 25 pounds less expenses etc., But my brother David who for more than thirty years was a merchant in Portage & who cashed all the interest drafts sent by Mr Combs tells me that all these drafts were six mos old when they were forwarded to our mother, & that he (Mr Combs) always drew six mos interest before he forwarded the draft for the preceding six mos & therefore it is probable that although he sent my sister 25 pds last August, this was not the interest due at that time, but the interest for the preceding six months, & that he still holds the last Aug. interest. I am provoked & disgusted with the mean whining begging unmanly letters he wrote to my sister Anne & myself in wh he makes no mention of the 280 pounds he has already received for her services when this news of grandfathers death reached us in Wisconsin, through only a small boy at the time I distinctly remember hearing my mother & father saying that Mr Combe ought to have some compensation for his trouble & no doubt this one percent semiannually was allowed & agreed on between them & Mr Combe so this is all right as far as I know, but the begging part of the business for further compensation is all wrong & as far as I am concerned will be treated with the contempt it deserves
Location
Martinez, Calif
Date Original
1896-11-01T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir09_0468-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0468
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
