Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Mother [Ann Gilrye Muir]
Preview
Transcription
[4]here also all four in a ring-a love-ring of steadfast old lovers around this one little love. I want to carry her to you at once, but though that may not be I feel sure that you will see her before long. In the meantime dear mother send her your love & blessing & forward this letter to father that so our little darling may have his blessing also. Louie bravely endured her sore mother pains twelve hours of them without scarce an audible groan. & has already forgotten them all in her joy.Every lovingly your son John Muir00979[1]Martinez, California, March 27, 1881.Dear Mother,Our dear little baby has come to us, She was born just two days ago, March 25 at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, eleven months & eleven days after our marriage, and we are all very happy, father, mother, grandfather, & grandmother, & I am sure that you will join in our joy. Our darling first born is a tiny healthy happy [illegible] featured lassie not at all full & cumpish like most of the baby gorblings that I have seen. She looks about her
Location
Martinez, California
Date Original
1881 Mar 27
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0458-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0458
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
