Creator
D[avid] G[ilrye] Muir
Recipient
[John Muir]
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[2]like this, that is is hard keeping them all straightWe do our [share?] of the business here & keep a good assortment of funds & stand well in the community. but we have to sell on small margins & have to pay [stuck out word] interest on so much of our capital that we make very little headway & that makes us feel that we must economize & stay at home & work every day of the year almost, we are thinking of giving up mens clothing & lighten -ing our load of [care?] & runn -ing with less expense.Sister Annie reports herself improving. I saw late letters from Mary & Joanna at mothers last Sunday they are real well[4]adjoining, as all you that the [illegible] vein runs almost through it & in working the assessment he found we had a [illegible] deformed vein which holds exactly like the [illegible] at the same depth. So we are all doubly encouraged & full of hope & confidence We have not [seen copy yet?] Since this autum, will wrote you again when we do. We put up $80.00 each in Dec & have all our property [illegible] [for?] another year. When I got him I will send you your [illegible] & try [illegible]of our accts again. Do you know how much money you paid for me on my [illegible] land in Lincoln last year [question mark?] answer this also [illegible] pretty good. Sold [mm?] goods last year [illegible] for 4 or 5 [illegible] Yours truly D [illegible] [Muir?]
Location
Portage, Wis
Date Original
1884 Feb 6
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 12.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir05_0033-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0033
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
