Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mary and Willis Hand
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Transcription
[4]80Dont wear your strength to souly with your art work nor yet allow yourself to neglect it altogether I anticipate much pleasure in looking over your work. I am acquainted with quite a number of artists here. And that wonderful boy of yours Wheeler What a traveler he will be – on wheel, hand, or feet. He surely will westward roll following himself the [son?], Wanda no doubt will kiss him when he comes & may possibly even revolve around him. Louie says she is a fine dancer already. With brotherly love & more New Years wishes I am ever your brother John.[1]Martinez January 1, 1883.Dear Sister Mary & brother Willis:Your kind holiday greetings reached us today & we cordially repeat them for you all earnestly hoping that the New Year may be rich in blessing & that you may have the dearest hopes of your lives fullfilled Maggie & Sarah are still here though their forlorn husbands are writing an uncons[illegible]onable lot of grumbling letters to them urging them immediate return right or wrong dead or alive These fret them so much that they can not expect any further benefit from their visit
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1883 Jan 1
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0992-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0992
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
John Muir National Historic Site. 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
