Creator
John Reid
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[2] is disolved. I have been trying to get out [stricken word] seveal years ago. & have taken the colts in Kansas. & now I do not know whether I am above the dam or going over the dam or under the dam. If I haad my own I would be all right but when we settle up we found about $4,000.- indebtnedss against the firm & it seems that I have to pay it or go under by right I ought not to pay any as I had about $3500.00 in the firm. the others had no money I have go to loose that besides paying the other. what it is more than can I can do. all I have now is the half of that land in Kansas & my home which is about $8000- It is so fixed that I cant get any money to pay on the land. & how it will be in a few years from now [stricken phrase] as then is [illegible] against the colts all that they are worth when we got the colts I suppose they were a [clap?} of horses that would reach about 1200# but
Location
…Collyer, Kansas
Date Original
1888 Jan 25
Source
Original letter dimensions: 23 x 14 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir05_0938-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0938
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
