Creator

Charles W. Moores

Recipient

John Muir

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Indanapolis, Ind, April 10th 1870 Dear Mr Muir Merrill [illegible] a drama called the "[Hoosier?] Days." Lacey Hough is dead, he died of the Scarlet [illegible] on the 24th of March at San Francisco Cal. Ha[illegible] you seen uncle Hough yet? We wish that you would come here. because we want to see you very bad. Why don't you send that lamb? One time our horse bit me so that I could not [move?]. it until about ten minutes. One time at school Miss King told her* that I could not write so very well because I had only been there four weeks when I had been there [illegible] Some of the boys had such funny names such as Wooddy Do[illegible] and [Sig?] Horsigh]. I have not any more to say so I will not say anything more

Location

Indianapolis, Ind.

Date Original

1870 Apr 10

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 13 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir02_0251-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 02, Image 0251

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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

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