Creator
Joanna [Muir Brown]
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[2]we do, he is no more able to take care of himself than a little child and yet he says he will rent some rooms and board himself. The reason he gives is the old one — he can do so much more good there as he can go into the market and see so many people without traveling about. No reasoning concerning his inability can make the least impression on him and we are completely at a loss to know what to do, for[3]it does seem out of the question to let him go. Walter has eleven hundred dollars of his money in his business which, by the way, with a promissory note for two hundred, and two small houses in Portage is all that remains of his earthly possessions and at present we are hindering him from going by telling him that it is inconvenient to let him have the necessary money but of course that will not last long and if we should [illegible]01066
Location
Jefferson, Ark.
Date Original
1882 Apr 22
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17 x 23 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0816-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0816
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
