Creator
D[avid] G[ilrye] Muir
Recipient
John Muir
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00589 [4]Annie is teaching in Caledonia - is con- -sidered a good teacher - I heard from Mary in Madison this week - she sticks to the University good she ought to be accomplished Jno Reid is doing a large business in cattle Hogs beef, Pork wool H[illegible] pelts Furs &c &c & making money he will be well off some day Portage is going to be a big place some time we are going to have seven RRs & a ship canal No doubt it will be a great RR center with shops &c Our Carrie 7 yrs old reads in the fourth reader studies arithmetic & Geogra- phy &c Annie is four yrs old reads in 2d reader & Willia 3 yrs is a bright boy & will be one of the big guns some day My family all send their love to Uncle John D G Muir [1] Portage City Wis April 25/72Dear Brother John I feel ashamed to think I have neglected writing you so long. I have intended to write for months but you know how we are apt to put off We are all well & happy. Business is improve -ing & becoming more profit -able. Father & mother are now living here in P working hard improving the place where Jno Reid used to live & own Painting, papering making an addition gardening &c &c Father looks as tired as though he was farming Father told me he had recd a letter from you & seemed very much pleased over it. Joanna promised to let me see585
Location
Portage City, Wis
Date Original
1872 Apr 25
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir02_0799-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0799
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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
