Creator
Daniel Muir [Father]
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
00681will do [underlined: no] more [underlined: harm] either to you or others. and then like Paul look to the Cross of Christ & glory in it. and as in the Sight of God & in Christ Jesus my only Lord & master I hereby say Amen to it. I expect my God willing to leave Portage City for Hamilton Toronto, on the last day of this month I bought a house last October there & without my family at present I mean to go in the way of gods providence to Spend All my time in His Service & wholly by His grace to glorify Him I shall be glad to hear. from you there any time I will get your letters at the post office there. We are all well your Dear Mother Sends her love to you. Your Affectionate Father in Christ Daniel MuirFor you I ever pray Portage City March 19th 1874.My very Dear John Were you as realy [underlined: happy] as my [underlined: wish] would make you you would be permanently [underlined: So]. in the [underlined: best] Sense of the word. I received yours of the 3 inst with your Slip of paper but I had read the Same thing in [deleted: a] the Wisconsin. Some days befor I got yours. & then I [underlined: wished] I had [underlined: not Seen it]. because it harried up my feelings So with another of your hair breadth escaps. had I Seen it to be [underlined: gods work] you was doing I would have felt the other way but I knew it was not God’s work. Although you Seem to think you are doing Gods Service. if it had not been Gods boundless mercy you
Location
Portage City, [Wisc]
Date Original
1874 Mar 19
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0045-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0045
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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
