Creator
Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir]
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[2]Your father is still in Canada he writes often, saying he is well and comfortable. Anna is not teaching at present, she went to Phillips and staid a month with Mary and Joanna returned home with her, having spent the summer there [ her?] health has improved very much indeed – She was delighted with the pine woods – and she thinks Mary has a very cozy happy home — The girls are spend- ing this week at Fox lake attending a Baptist convention Trusting that the everliving and ever loving Spirit will continue to watch over you for good at all times Affectionately Mother [1]Dear John: - I have been wanting to write to you for some time but feared a letter might not reach you, in fact I suspect one or two of mine have already been lost, however here you are away off among the Indians and the ice feasting your eyes and soul on grandeur [deleted: and] while your ears and toes are pinching with the cold. Well hurry up and get all you can into your note book and your mind and then come home and give us some. [ Now?] I’m going to talk
Location
Portage, [Wisc]
Date Original
1879 Oct
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_1170-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 1170
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
