Creator
Joanna G. Muir
Recipient
Sister Mary [Muir]
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Transcription
[1][circled: 13][in margin: Annie says please send a postal immediately if she is to send the money] Portage, Jan. 30, 77.Dear Sister May, How do you do, and how do you like Summer weather in January? Have you had any sleigh riding during the week past? I sup- pose you are too much a person of business to indulge [underlined: much] in so unpractical a use of time but as I am not a use- ful member of society I have spent nearly every afternoon of late in a cutter and with no “Little Billy” in front of it either. The fact is, David has now a horse which I can [deleted: drive] manage and [2]also a very nice little cutter and as Katie like myself has plenty [underlined: time] at command we make excellent use of both. I doubt not that you have been having a very enjoyable time entertaining a special friend of yours He made us a fleeting call one morning somewhere between midnight and 7’-30 A.M. He seemed some- how to be suddenly emptied into the kitchen to the great dismay of Annie whose basque was still lying in the rocking chair but who with her skirts on and a shovel most expeditiously wrapped about her shook hands quite dignifiedly and then made as
Location
Portage [Wisc.]
Date Original
1877 Jan 30
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0507-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0507
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
John Muir National Historic Site. 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
