Creator
[Joanna Muir Brown]
Recipient
John Muir
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[6]thrill all over me, and oh! how I did want the home folks to see it, we are going to have some set out in our yard. Yesterday Walter brought me a vine of the sensitive plant, I suppose you are acquainted with it, the blossom is the color of the thistle, we find a great many new flowers here and I am going to get a collection of art flowers, partly because I know Mary will be so interesteated in seeing them when I go home Yes I am sure you would enjoy a visit here and there is no use trying to tell how01071[7]happy we would be to see you. I hope when the time comes it will be so that Loui and your dear little girl can come too. We would all be so glad to see them I have always intended to ask the name of the flower which formed the center of Loui’s bouquet which was sent to mother with the wedding cake. It is late in the day to ask now but the magnolia blossom reminded me of it though so much larger. It must indeed seem quite novel to you to be employed as you now are, we were [illegible]
Location
Jefferson, Ark.
Date Original
1882 May 30
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0852-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0852
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 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
