Creator
John Muir
Recipient
John Muir
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[4]& the 12 pins of Connemara they had strange adventures sometimes reduced to starvation fare & perishing cold but never a days illness.Promising prentices for John Muir the mountaineer truly! But my dear fellow you must really give it up at your time of life & be content to leave the [illegible] Blessed wilderness & its further exploration to some body else who can afford to be killed without having to leave a widow & her bonnie bairnies behind them.With all our united kindest love to thee & thine I am everYour affectionate cousingJas M. HayJohn Muir EsqMartinezCalifornia[1]Dec. 4. 1894Delta ChambersLiverpoolMy dear Cousin MuirI duly received your favour of the 14th ult yesterday along with your first Book which I handed over to my wife last evening for which we both thank you very much. She picked out about the squirrels the very first time & read it out aloud to some friends who happened to be present.Well, now, about another matter. We have been in regular receipt of the San Francisco Bulletin & the01884
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1894-12-04T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 22.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir08_0563-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0563
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
