Creator
Janet Douglass Moores
Recipient
John Muir
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[4]you left us. We have all been reading the article you wrote for Scribner. Some of the school girls said that I must tell you how much they had enjoyed it. Ellie Graydon, Kate’s next younger sister intends to recite parts of it for our literary society. That is a pretty story of Mr. Lamon. I should think you would miss him. Don’t you sometimes get very lonesome and you like things better than people? Are’nt you ever coming back? I have wondered if I should recognize you. One day I went to our front door and there stood a gentleman. whom for a few seconds I imagined to be you. I scarcely dared more than imagine. then he spoke & I recog- nized him, Mr. Whiteford, a Scotchman who married a cousin of Mammas. I suppose it was the Scotch in him, that made me think of you. 00778 [1] Tuesday Afternoon. Mar. 5th. ’78. 232 North Ala.Dear Mr. Muir, It is nearly six years since you last wrote to a little Indiana girl. She neglected to answer for so long a time, that finally she was ashamed to write. Will you accept her apologies? Last summer I often thought of writing to you, sending you pressed buttercups and forgetmenots and telling you about our long tramps, but somehow I was afraid to begin
Location
[Indianapolis, Ind.]
Date Original
1878 Mar 5
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 26 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0732-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0732
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
