Creator
[Joanna Muir Brown]
Recipient
Mary [Muir Hand]
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Transcription
(2)well, I scarcely think you can quite understand the comfort your letter gave me, I went to sleep with a quiet gladness in my heart, which this mornings light has not dispelled. Dear little Wheler, he would not need his hood and jacket on to go out to play here. We are enjoying the most delightful weather which I ever experienced, it is just magnificent, neither too hot or too cold, the woods are richly clad in dark glistening beautiful green and fairly jubilant with happy birds. This is a prettier place than I had even thought when I came[3]and I believe we can make a pleasant home here, at first I think I was only trying to like it but now I begin to feel contented down in my heart. Surviving March the weather was too warm to be comfortable and what with the spring weather which you know is always trying and the change of climate, I was languid almost beyond endurance, I am sure I was as much dead as alive, but I have got over that now and am getting up quite a good appetite again and fell quite cheerful, I have just been down to the
Location
Jefferson, Ark.
Date Original
1882 Apr 25
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0820-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0820
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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
