Creator

Anne W. Cheney

Recipient

John Muir

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[2]wondering of your whereabouts – A faint whisper came from somewhere (whether magazine or newspaper I cannot tell) of your name in connection with book writing, but it was so faint that I cannot exactly recall it. We have been very quiet this winter, with the exception of a little trip to New York for a few days, & have amused ourselves talking over our good times in Cala. & looking forward to another visit there before long, per- haps next fall, but that is almost too far off to make plans for. I have devoted my whole winter in mending, & studying many things that had grown rusty, & to my horror, find I have taxed my little strength too far, was warned yesterday by a protracted fainting fit, that I am not as strong as the rest of the world which fact, I seem to forget when- ever I am very much interested in anything. I have not written you I believe since Charlie Stoddard made us a little visit – what a jolly

Location

[New York ?]

Date Original

1874 Mar 15

Source

Original letter dimensions: 30 x 13.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir03_0041-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 03, Image 0041

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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 2

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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