Creator
Janet Douglass [Moores]
Recipient
John Muir
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[2]changes that we little folks had passed through. In the last six or eight months there have been other changes. Merrill is at home now. has been reading Blackstone this fall & will soon enter a law office. He is the same teasing, careless enthusitic fellow – I might add unselfish, for he is that, although a little spoiled. When at home, he can go to sleep a dozen times a day, sitting up or spread out on the floor, it makes no difference in what position he is. I shall not be surprised to see him sometime standing in the middle of the room sound a- sleep. But he can work hard enough to make up for his naps, he has been digging away at the law very perseveringly, instructing Mamma as he went along. Poor Mamma would perhaps be [3]reading an interesting magazine article when Merrill would break in with “Oh Mamma, you must hear this”. I believe you used to think him too find of newspapers, well, he has the same fault now, if fault it is. But I must tell you of the others. Katie Graydon graduated in June – Indeed she never looked so beautiful & never appeared so well as she did on that day. Everybody praised her & she deserved it. I know you like fresh rosy good girls and she is one. She is teaching here now, in the city a has her hands full. Charles & I still go to [illegible]gton. This is my last year and I am enjoying myself. We have been hearing lectures from Prof. Jordan on the glaciers – It is a very interesting sub-00821
Location
[Indianapolis, Ind]
Date Original
1878 Nov 17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0956-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0956
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
