Creator
[Sarah Muir Galloway]
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[2]I dare say it never heard anything so Scotchy in all its life, that wind storm must have be [underlined: terribly grand] You must have clung to that tree like a [underlined: mice] or you would have gone the [underlined: way] of [underlined: the leaves]. I had a letter from Isabella Sanderson five or six weeks ago. she was anxious that I should write all I knew of your doings and wanderings for the last year or two, she says your friends in Indiana are anxious to hear of or from you, she refers to Mrs. Moore and family also Miss Hendries who has a most grateful remembrance of your kindness to her while in Cal John Gray and family were [3]spending some time at Mackinaw last summer where he met Miss H. and another lady who also knew you, while talking about and analyzing the flowers around them Miss H. mentioned something which she said a friend of hers a Naturalist in Cal told her. John immediately asked if his name was John Muir and was delighted to find it was, they were friends directly, Miss H. has relatives in Detroit and has since spent most of a week with John Grays folks, she was anxious that Isabella should write to me to find out all about you, I wrote
Location
Port Hope
Date Original
1879 Feb 16
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16 x 21.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_1000-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 1000
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
