Creator
Maggie R. [Margaret Muir Reid]
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[in margin: P.S. I know you are very busy, but will hope for a few lines from you soon. Tell Wanda I am looking for a few lines from her too. it is her turn to write M.H.R.]& wanted to see as much of her, as possible before she went home how much Mother enjoyed having so many of her children with her this summer.I have been here in Kansas with J[illegible] & Harry for about five weeks. they have been living here alone & cooking for themselves for some time. & I thought I could help them & a change might do me good. I was quite sick before & came [illegible]since, but begin to feel better now. it is quiet enough here don't see any one hardly but our own folk. & things above us seem much like beginning the world again, in the old log house.
Location
Collyer, Kansas
Date Original
1888 Sep 29
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 12.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir05_1178-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 1178
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 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
