Creator
Joanna [Muir]
Recipient
John Muir
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[4]sent Maggie and Sarah, concerning the region of Puget Sound and your voyage etc, and I cannot tell you how much we enjoyed them, Oh! how glorious to be able to see so much of this worlds beauty and grandeur and still more glorious to be able to understand and appreciate it. I hope you will find time to write to us again very soon and do not forget to tell us what your address will be. I trust also that ere another season shall have passed we shall have seen both you and your wife. With much love Joanna.[1]Portage, Wis. May 2, ’80.My dear brother John: -I scarcely known what to say to you today, you have so astonished us by your unexpected news. The first feeling upon hearing that you were to be married, was that of loss, and the naughty tears would come in sprits of all that I could do, but the next was that of real pleasure, for I am sure that you will
Location
Portage, Wis.
Date Original
1880 May 2
Source
Original letter dimensions: 15 x 25 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir04_0147-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 04, Image 0147
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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
